State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
Latest action (Dec 15, 2025) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Energy and Natural Resources.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Sep 19, 2025This bill requires certain state authorities that regulate electric utilities to consider the establishment of measures regarding the reliable availability of electricity over specified time periods. These requirements would apply to electric utilities that use integrated resource plans—plans that project future electricity use to ensure resource adequacy, as opposed to utilities that rely on capacity markets, which use price trends for resource planning.
Specifically, the state authorities must consider requiring the integrated resource plans of electric utilities to include measures to ensure the reliable availability of electric energy over a 10-year period to maintain the operation of reliable generation facilities or the procurement of electric energy from reliable generation facilities.
The bill defines reliable generation facilities as facilities that
enable the generation of electric energy on a continuous basis over a period of not fewer than 30 days; have adequate fuel or a continuously available energy source on-site to enable the continuous generation of electric energy for at least 30 days, or have contractual obligations that achieve the same;have operational characteristics to enable the generation of electric energy during emergency and severe weather conditions; andprovide services such as frequency support and voltage support.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
1 recordeddecisive vote
House · Dec 11, 2025
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
Who lobbied on this
5 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- Edison Electric Instituteno position stated
“…HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability…” filing ↗
- Firstenergy Corp.no position stated
“…H.R. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act (all…” filing ↗
- Itc Holdings Corp.no position stated
“…HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability…” filing ↗
- National Grid USAno position stated
“…H.R. 3616 Reliable Power Act (all provisions). H.R. 1047 GRID Power Act (all provisions). H.R. 3628 State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act (all provisions).” filing ↗
- Xcel Energyno position stated
“…H.R. 3626 - To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports, and for other purposes. HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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