,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hidg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjbf,mr4  
,vindman introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory
 ,commission to establish and maintain  
the ,national ,utility ,rate ,change    
,tracker1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,utility ,hikes ,transparency ,act4 
#b4 ,national ,utility ,rate ,change    
,tracker  7a7 ,establishment ,not later 
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,commission shall    
establish and maintain online a publicly
 accessible1 searchable database1 to be 
known as the ,national ,utility ,rate   
,change ,tracker1 containing information
 on approved and effective covered      
utility rate changes4  7b7 ,data points 
,the ,national ,utility ,rate ,change   
,tracker established under subsection   
7a7 shall contain1 with respect to each 

approved or effective rate change for a 
covered utility1 the following          
information3 7#a7 ,the name of the      
covered utility4  7#b7 ,the services    
provided by the covered utility4  7#c7  
,the ,state in which the rate change is 
applicable4  7#d7 ,the impact of the    
rate change-- 7,a7 in dollar and        
percentage change1 to the average       
residential monthly bill2 and  7,b7 on  
total revenue of the covered utility4   
7#e7 ,the total number of customers     
impacted by the rate change4  7#f7 ,the 
date the rate change was approved4  7#g7
 ,a link to the relevant docket for the 
rate change4  7#h7 ,the primary reason  
or reasons provided for the rate change4
  7#i7 ,the effective date of the rate  
change4  7c7 ,quarterly updates ,the    
,commission shall update information on 
the ,national ,utility ,rate ,change    
,tracker on each date that is the last  
day of a calendar year quarter4  7d7    
,data sources ,in updating information  
on the ,national ,utility ,rate ,change 

,tracker1 the ,commission shall1 to the 
extent practicable--  7#a7 use publicly 
available information2 and  7#b7 enter  
into data-sharing agreements with ,state
 regulatory authorities4  7e7           
,searchability ,the ,national ,utility  
,rate ,change ,tracker shall be         
searchable by ,,zip ,code1 address1     
,state1 and city4  7f7 ,methodology     
document ,the ,commission shall publish 
and maintain with ,national ,utility    
,rate ,change ,tracker a plain-language 
methodology explaining how information  
contained in the ,national ,utility     
,rate ,change ,tracker is collected1    
standardized1 and labeled1 including how
 gaps or conflicts in information are   
handled4  7g7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,commission ,the term     
,commission means the ,federal ,energy  
,regulatory ,commission4  7#b7 ,covered 
utility ,the term covered utility means 
a gas utility 7as defined in section    
#cjb of the ,public ,utility ,regulatory
 ,policies ,act of #aigh 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 

#cbjb77 or electric utility that sells  
electric energy to electric consumers   
7as defined in section #c of the ,public
 ,utility ,regulatory ,policies ,act of 
#aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #bfjb774