Bill Would Increase Agency Authority
HB266 would increase the authority of New Hampshire’s Department of Energy (DOE) including: authority to investigate any matter related to statutes it administers, not…
News Stories: Legislation
November 4, 2025
October 28, 2025
Mid-Atlantic Lawmakers Unite to Address Regional Energy Crisis
In a press release lawmakers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia announce that they came together for the first-ever, multi-state policy hearing…
October 22, 2025
Legislation Would Allow Supplier Carbon Offset Products
Senate Bill 151 has advanced out of the Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee and is now awaiting a vote to be scheduled on the Senate floor. If approved SB 151 would…
October 21, 2025
Locally Distributed Shared Solar Legislation Inches Forward
As introduced on June 10, 2025, HB4590 was placed on second reading and re-referred to the Michigan Committee on Energy. If approved the bill would establish a locally…
October 15, 2025
Expansive Energy Bill Given First Reading & Referred To House Rules Committee
Recently introduced HB4116 is an expansive piece of energy legislation would impact a wide range of issues in Illinois including the introduction of long-term storage…
October 13, 2025
REAL Launches All State Lobbyist Initiative Aimed At Allowing Large Energy Users To Procure Own Electricity!
REAL has developed a template for state legislation that allows large energy users to procure their own electricity. This would not be “deregulation” or a…
October 1, 2025
Bill Would Update Electric Utility Energy Efficiency & Conservation Program
In Pennsylvania legislation was introduced entitled an Act amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric…
September 22, 2025
Legislation Paves Way For Western State To Join/Form Multi-state RTO
California legislature paves way to join a multi-state regional transmission organization (RTO). Assembly Bill 825, signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in September,…
September 2, 2025
Renewable Energy Interconnection Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
Amended AB1026 bill directs the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to require the following of large electric utilities: (1) post, by a date CPUC determines:…
New Data Center Bill Would Mitigate Utility Cost Shifts To Other Customers
SB57 bill would permit CPUC to assess the extent to which utility costs associated with new data center loads are shifted to other customers and opportunities to prevent…
