# 119-hr-5765: Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security Act of 2025

119-hr-5765, Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5765
- Congress: 119
- Title: Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Establishes uniform federal definitions for 'affordable', 'reliable', and 'clean' energy.** It requires agencies to adopt those definitions across regulations, grants, guidance, and policies and to publish short-timeline reports showing how the terms are incorporated. - Federal agencies (Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency) must identify related rules and programs within 90 days, adopt the definitions into regulations, grants, guidance, and policies, and submit public Incorporation Reports within 180 days. - The Act defines "clean" to include energy listed in section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, nuclear reactors, and combustion of hydrocarbons that meet Clean Air Act standards. It defines "reliable" as having at least a 60% Effective Load Carrying Capability. - Identification and Incorporation Reports must be published on the DOE, Interior, and EPA public websites, increasing transparency about how federal programs treat affordability, reliability, and cleanliness.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2] (R-WV), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Standard federal definitions for affordable, reliable, clean energy: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would set standard meanings for "affordable," "reliable," and "clean" energy. Affordable would mean low-cost power that counts full system costs. Reliable would mean 60%+ Effective Load Carrying Capability, not intermittent, and not normally hit by weather, except routine maint…

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- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
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- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-hr-27: HALT Fentanyl Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5765 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5765)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
- [119-hr-27: HALT Fentanyl Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-27)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5765 (as of 2026-04-21).