FERC studies power forecasts; states choose to adopt or reject.
H.R. 9332 — Load Forecasting Enhancement Act · Filed by Troy Balderson (R-OH) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
The bill tells FERC to set up regional boards. State officials and FERC staff study how power companies forecast energy demand. Within one year, FERC must report findings to Congress. FERC must suggest best ways to do this. States then have two years to decide whether to adopt these ways.
Who it affects
People who use power benefit from better forecasts and lower bills. Power companies must follow new rules. State officials keep the power to say no if local needs are different.
One thing to notice
City-owned and member-owned power companies do not have to follow the new standards. Only private power companies must follow them.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Jun 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0”
- Sep 15, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote”
- Sep 15, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
18 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 18 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $12,239,193 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 46 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 96% of bills with any report.
Troy Balderson, who sponsored the bill, received $1,204,882 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- American Petroleum Institute — $2,780,000 in 1 report
- Duke Energy Corporation — $2,280,000 in 1 report
- Edison Electric Institute — $1,689,193 in 1 report
- Dow Chemical Company Dba Dow — $1,050,000 in 1 report
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (nreca) — $980,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- FERC — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a government agency that oversees power.
- state officials — People in each state who make rules for power companies.
- forecast — To predict how much power people will need in the future.
- adopt — To accept and use a rule or way of doing something.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (6,558 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 22, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-02.
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