Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act
This bill, titled the Stop the Trump Electricity Price Hikes Act, would force the Department of Energy (DOE) to reinstate every financial assistance award that DOE terminated under a specific Secretarial Memorandum dated May 15, 2025. The language uses strong preemption, stating that reinstatement shall occur “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” and that these awards shall continue in effect as if the terminations had not happened. In short, the bill reverses DOE terminations and returns the affected awards to their original active status, potentially restoring funding for projects and programs that had been cut. The bill’s text focuses narrowly on reinstating terminated awards and does not itself set electricity pricing or create new programs beyond undoing the terminations. While the title implies a broader goal related to electricity prices, the enacted provisions simply restore previously terminated DOE funding.
Key Points
- 1Reinstates terminated awards: Any financial assistance awards terminated by DOE under the May 15, 2025 Secretarial Memorandum must be deemed reinstated and continue in effect.
- 2Retroactive effect: Terminations shall be treated as though they never occurred, restoring the awards to their prior status.
- 3Overrides other laws: The provision uses “Notwithstanding any other provision of law,” giving broad authority to reinstate despite potential conflicting statutes.
- 4Based on a specific DOE memo: The reinstatement targets terminations made pursuant to DOE’s Secretarial Memorandum “Ensuring Responsibility for Financial Assistance” dated May 15, 2025.
- 5Legislative status and process: Introduced in the House (H.R. 5673) and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce; reflects a congressional action to counteract the memo’s terminations.