House Democratic leaders of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition have introduced a lengthy bill aimed at navigating rising energy costs for American consumers.
Reps. Sean Casten of Illinois and Mike Levin of California are leading the charge on the 419-page legislative effort unveiled Wednesday that they’ve dubbed the “Energy Bills Relief Act,” which takes aim at much of the Trump administration’s first-year efforts on energy policy.
“We had the president during the 2024 election say he was going to cut electricity bills in half, but in reality, they’ve gone up over 2025 roughly double the rate of inflation,” Levin said in an interview. “And I think it’s not enough to just be reflexively anti-Trump. If we’re going to talk about lowering costs, then we better have concrete plans to do so.”
