Sponsor
Ted Lieu
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill trades faster, economy‑wide cuts in emissions, cleaner air, and predictable clean‑energy investment for near‑term transition costs, regional job and economic disruption risks, and added regulatory and infrastructure challenges—with outcomes hinging on design of assistance, grid investments, and enforcement.
All Americans — especially people in cities, rural communities, children, and people with respiratory conditions — would face lower health risks as the bill drives deep U.S. emission cuts and shifts power generation away from fossil fuels (reducing extreme-heat, storms, sea-level risks and local air pollution).
Workers, manufacturers, and local economies — especially in clean-energy supply chains and renewable manufacturing — would see increased investment and job growth as predictable targets and a 2035 electricity shift spur low‑carbon activity.
Households and businesses — particularly low-income and energy-burdened customers — would pay lower energy bills over time because suppliers must deliver specified cumulative end-use electricity and gas savings and support efficiency programs.
Households and businesses — especially low‑income, middle‑class families, and small firms — could face higher near‑term energy and compliance costs as utilities and regulated industries invest in new generation, grid upgrades, and meet aggressive targets.
Workers and communities reliant on fossil-fuel industries — especially in certain rural and energy-producing regions — could suffer job losses and local economic disruption without targeted transition assistance.
Electric utilities and consumers — particularly in regions with limited transmission or storage — may face grid reliability risks and operational strain from a fast timeline to 100% renewables by 2035 unless substantial transmission, storage, and planning investments accompany the mandate.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Creates federal GHG targets and requires a national renewable electricity standard to reach 100% renewable retail electricity by 2035 and supplier efficiency savings beginning 2026.
Official title: To reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate.
Introduced November 18, 2025 by Ted Lieu · Last progress November 18, 2025
Establishes binding national greenhouse gas reduction targets and creates mandatory national standards to decarbonize the U.S. power sector and cut energy use. It requires the Department of Energy to set a national renewable electricity standard ramping up to 100% renewable retail electricity by 2035, requires utilities and gas suppliers to meet annual end‑use savings targets, and directs the EPA to set and implement annual net GHG reduction targets from 2030–2050 (including at least 52% below 2005 by 2035 and net zero by 2050). The bill directs agencies to issue regulations and implement market‑based compliance mechanisms, requires periodic scientific reviews and agency responses to National Academies recommendations, preserves state authority to adopt stronger measures, and phases in regulatory timetables (DOE standards begin for calendar year 2026; EPA must promulgate targets within one year and final rules within seven years).