H.R. 3843 · 119th Congress

Baseload Reliability Protection Act

Introduced on Jun 9, 2025 by Julie Fedorchak (R-ND). 26 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 9, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 9, 2025
Cosponsors
26
0 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit retirements of baseload electric generating units in any area that is served by a Regional Transmission Organization or an Independent System Operator and that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation categorizes as at elevated risk or high risk of electricity supply shortfalls, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Julie FedorchakR-NDSponsor

Republicans · 26

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 9, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 9, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 9, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE6 reports
    $6.6M reported (all issues)
  2. XCEL ENERGY5 reports
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  3. FIRSTENERGY CORP.4 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FIRSTENERGY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY$5.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS3 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  5. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION3 reports
    $730K reported (all issues)
  6. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)3 reports
    $2.6M reported (all issues)
  7. National Mining Association3 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  8. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.3 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. PPL Corporation3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  10. Entergy Services, LLC2 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)
  11. PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION2 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)
  12. PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC.2 reports
    $590K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. SOUTHERN COMPANY2 reports
    $5.7M reported (all issues)
  14. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION1 report
    $240K reported (all issues)
  15. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION1 report
    $2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  16. NRG ENERGY, INC.1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NRG ENERGY SERVICES LLCAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.