Chairmen Guthrie and Latta Announce Legislative Hearing on Strengthening our Electric Grid While Supporting Ratepayers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, announced a hearing titled AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers.
“Across the country, families and businesses deserve power that is affordable, reliable, and secure. While we work to win the race to AI dominance with China and keep the United States at the forefront of innovation, we must continue to deploy commonsense solutions to meet our industrial scale energy needs while protecting consumers,” said Chairmen Guthrie and Latta. “This hearing will examine legislation to harden the grid and increase capacity, protect ratepayers from higher costs, and strengthen reliability to deliver the baseload power Americans depend upon.”
Subcommittee on Energy hearing titled AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers
WHAT: Subcommittee on Energy hearing to discuss supporting ratepayers while strengthening our electric grid
DATE: Wednesday, April 29, 2026
TIME: 10:00 AM ET
LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
The hearing will focus on the following bills:
H.R. ____, [Load Forecasting Enhancement Act] (Rep. Balderson)
H.R. ____, [Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act] (Rep. Harshbarger)
H.R. ____, [Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act]
H.R. ____, [Ratepayer Protection Act]
H.R. 6336, Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act (Rep. Fedorchak)
H.R. 6633, High-Capacity Grid Act (Rep. Fedorchack)
H.R. 6529, Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act (Rep. Landsman)
This notice is at the direction of the Chairman. The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be live streamed online at energycommerce.house.gov. If you have any questions concerning the hearing, please contact Seth Ricketts with the Committee staff at Seth.Ricketts@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Ben Mullany at Ben.Mullany@mail.house.gov.