The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 3628 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Gabe Evans (R)

State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act

Requires state utility regulators to ensure electric grid reliability through 10-year resource planning.

Tradeoff

Mandates state utility commissions consider requiring reliable power plants in long-term electricity planning. Imposes timelines on states to review this standard within one to two years of enactment.

What's in it

See official bill text

No federal budgetary cost over the 10-year window 2026-2035.

This bill creates a planning requirement for state utility regulators but imposes no federal spending — the real cost falls on states and utilities to evaluate and potentially procure reliable generation capacity, with state regulatory bodies incurring small administrative costs to implement the new standard.

H.R. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act · Oct 2025

The House passed this 218-207 on December 11, 2025. The bill is now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (May 29, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(May 29, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 25 - 23(Jun 25, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-306.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed(Roll #323 · Dec 11, 2025)

    218 yeanay 207

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Dec 15, 2025)

Passage votes so far· Dec 11, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027