# 119-hr-6357: TVA IRP Act

119-hr-6357, TVA IRP Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6357
- Congress: 119
- Title: TVA IRP Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Public participation in TVA's integrated resource planning** is strengthened by creating a permanent Office of Public Participation and formal public processes for TVA's long-term power plans. It also adds resilience and public health to TVA's planning criteria. - Local communities and TVA customers gain a formal public comment window that must start no later than 100 days before a draft integrated resource plan. TVA must explain how public input shaped the draft. - Community groups and intervenors get a dedicated Office of Public Participation to act as a liaison and a 15-day deadline for TVA to respond to discovery requests. - TVA must produce multi-scenario sales and peak demand forecasts, summarize planned transmission investments, compare demand- and supply-side resource portfolios, and run sensitivity analyses for fuel costs, electrification, distributed energy resources, and other risks. The bill adds the phrases "resilience, extreme weather risk, impacts to public health" to the Energy Policy Act least-cost planning criteria.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Add Resilience and Health Factors: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 planning criteria to add "resilience, extreme weather risk, impacts to public health" after the word "dispatchability." TVA planners would then be required to consider these factors when doing least‑cost integrated resource planning.
- New Rules for TVA IRP Participation: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require new public‑participation rules for TVA's integrated resource planning process. TVA would publish modeling assumptions, including costs and model constraints, at least 100 days before a draft IRP is released. The public comment period would begin no later than 100…
- New TVA Office for Public Input: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create an Office of Public Participation inside the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Office would run outreach, provide technical help, and act as a public liaison for TVA proceedings. It would design and run a public engagement process for TVA’s integrated resource planni…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6357 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6357)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6357 (as of 2026-04-21).