H.R. 9332 · 119th Congress

Load Forecasting Enhancement Act

Introduced on Jun 18, 2026 by Troy Balderson (R-OH-12). 6 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jun 18, 2026
Cosponsors
6
3 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

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

Official title

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish regional joint boards to study electric load forecasting, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Congressional oversight
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 18, 2026). Public domain.

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 the plan including procedures and programs to improve the accuracy, oversight, and transparency to stakeholders of the forecasting of electric loads by electric utilities.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Troy BaldersonR-OH-12Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

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

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 18, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Jun 18, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Jun 18, 2026 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Jun 18, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
  5. Jun 24, 2026 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. Jun 24, 2026 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  7. Jul 20, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.
  10. Sep 14, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-823.
  11. Sep 14, 2026 · HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-823.
  12. Sep 14, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 722.
  13. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseMr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  14. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5663-5665)
  15. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9332.
  16. Sep 15, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
  17. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5663-5664)
  18. Sep 15, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. Sep 16, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

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 INSTITUTE2 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  2. AI Supply Chain Alliance (informal coalition)1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS1 report
    $380K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE1 report
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION1 report
    $310K reported (all issues)
  6. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY1 report
    $260K reported (all issues)
  7. CITY OF SANTA CLARA1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  8. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)
  9. CORE NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.1 report
    $290K reported (all issues)
  10. DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION1 report
    $2.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC$17.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. Electricity Customer Alliance1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  12. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL1 report
    $720K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)1 report
    $980K reported (all issues)
  14. National Association of State Energy Officials1 report
  15. National Mining Association1 report
    $820K reported (all issues)
  16. National Taxpayers Union1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  17. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. PPL Corporation1 report
    $70K reported (all issues)
  19. PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC.1 report
    $350K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. Pacific Gas and Electric Company1 report
    $3.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY$9.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  21. The Dow Chemical Company, dba Dow1 report
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, THEAI match · 100%
  22. XCEL ENERGY1 report
    $370K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.