HR 1148 · in committee · significant
SMARTER Act
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill prohibits electric utilities from charging consumers for smart grid system deployment costs.
- Nonregulated utilities and state utility regulators must consider and decide on this prohibition.
- Utilities and regulators have one year to consider and two years to decide whether to implement the prohibition.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would prohibiting utilities from charging consumers for smart grid deployment affect electricity rates and long-term infrastructure investment?
- 02
What evidence supports that smart grid technology benefits justify preventing cost recovery through consumer charges?
- 03
Which utility stakeholders—shareholders, ratepayers, or regulators—would bear the financial burden if deployment costs cannot be passed to consumers?
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Sponsor · D-NJ-2
Jefferson Van Drew
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-07
Legislative timeline
2025-02-07 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2025-02-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-07 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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