H.R. 9332 · Passed House · Energy

Load Forecasting Enhancement Act

What it does

Require FERC to establish regional boards jointly chaired with state public utility commissions to study electric load forecasting best practices.
Direct FERC to identify and recommend best practices for load forecasting that enhance reliability and affordability to Congress.
Require state utility commissions to consider adopting FERC's recommended load forecasting best practices.
Make federal energy conservation plan assistance conditional on states implementing procedures to improve accuracy, oversight, and transparency of electric load forecasting.

Official summary

Load Forecasting Enhancement Act This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish regional boards to study and recommend best practices for electric load forecasting, which is the process of predicting the demand for electricity at a particular time. It also requires states to consider adopting the recommendations. Specifically, the bill directs FERC to establish regional boards to study electric load forecasting, chair the boards, and run them jointly with each state public utility commission in the regions. The boards must (1) study issues relevant to identifying best practices for electric load forecasting that enhance the reliability and affordability of electric service to customers, and (2) identify such best practices. FERC must make recommendations to Congress for the consistent use across states of such best practices by electric utilities. The bill also modifies provisions under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to require state public utility commissions to consider adopting those recommendations. It also modifies the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make federal assistance for state energy conservation plans contingent upon…

Latest action

Sep 16, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources