Sponsor
Pablo José Hernández
Representative · P-PR
Representative · P-PR
The bill shifts authority over net metering to states and nonregulated utilities—protecting local net‑metering choices and many rooftop solar customers—while reducing federal preemption, which raises the risk of inconsistent rules and higher cross‑jurisdiction costs.
Customers with rooftop solar and other distributed generation are more likely to retain or gain net metering protections when their state or a nonregulated utility adopts the standard, supporting the economics of behind-the-meter generation.
State regulatory authorities and nonregulated utilities can adopt or enforce net metering standards without being overridden by federal commissions, increasing local control over distributed generation and billing policy decisions.
Federal commissions and boards lose the ability to preempt or harmonize conflicting net metering/interconnection rules, which could produce inconsistent requirements across states and complicate interstate grid operations and planning.
Achieving uniform national standards for net metering or wholesale–retail coordination becomes harder, potentially increasing compliance and operational costs for utilities and customers who operate across state lines.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits federal commissions or boards created by Congress from prohibiting or obstructing state or nonregulated utilities from implementing the federal net metering service standard when they choose to do so.
Official title: To prohibit congressionally established entities from preventing the implementation or enforcement of net metering service standards, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 18, 2025 by Pablo José Hernández · Last progress September 18, 2025
Prevents federal commissions, boards, or other entities created by Congress from prohibiting or blocking a State regulatory authority or a nonregulated electric utility from implementing or enforcing the net metering service standard in federal law when the state or utility decides it is appropriate. It defines key terms by reference to existing federal definitions and states the rule applies notwithstanding other laws, taking effect on enactment.