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The Affordable Energy and Permitting Reform Act

Status: HopperSession: September 2026 Senate SessionIssue: Inflation

Summary

This bill aims to lower electricity and fuel costs by expanding domestic energy production and speeding up federal permitting for power plants, pipelines, transmission, and other reliability projects. It sets firm review deadlines, reduces overlapping permitting requirements, and emphasizes baseload power, grid reliability, and reporting to Congress on cost and market effects.

Full text

A bill to help curb inflation by reducing household electricity and fuel costs through expanded domestic energy production and faster approval of critical energy projects; to direct relevant federal agencies to streamline and accelerate permitting and environmental reviews for coal, natural gas, electric generation, transmission, pipeline, and grid reliability infrastructure, establish firm review deadlines, limit duplicative permitting requirements, prioritize projects that strengthen domestic supply and baseload reliability, and require regular public reporting to Congress on implementation, cost impacts, and energy market effects.

Sponsor

Seth MoranRepublican Party

Cosponsors

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