HB 114 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act establishing the Independent Energy Office; and providing for powers and duties of the Independent Energy Office.

HB 114 establishes the Independent Energy Office within Pennsylvania's Independent Regulatory Review Commission to protect the state's electricity grid reliability and affordability. The office, led by an Energy Advocate appointed by the Consumer Advocate and confirmed by the Senate, will review state agency actions (like regulations or policies) to determine if they harm energy costs or grid stability. If an agency's action is found harmful, the office can require the agency to reverse it, and if the agency refuses, the office may block or reverse the action itself. This directly affects state agencies whose energy-related decisions are evaluated, with the goal of safeguarding consumer energy costs and grid operations.
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Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Jan 14, 2025
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