Pielli and Fiedler bill to end excess utility profits advances out of state House Energy Committee
Rep. Chris Pielli September 30, 2026 | 11:10 AM
HARRISBURG, Sept. 30 – State Reps. Chris Pielli, D-Chester, and Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Phila., announced today that their bill to end excess utility profits by both mandating regional transmission organization participation and eliminating unneeded incentives has advanced out of the state House Energy Committee with bipartisan support.
Current law gives investor-owned utilities a financial bonus for joining a regional transmission organization — a group that coordinates electricity across multiple states to improve efficiency and reliability. While this bonus was originally meant to encourage participation, it is funded by customers through their electricity bills and paid directly to utility shareholders. This legislation would update that policy by requiring utilities to join a regional transmission organization and eliminating the extra bonus payment.
“At a time when utility shareholders are earning record profits and households continue to face rising costs, we need to work to find solutions to restore balance by tipping the scales back in favor of Pennsylvania families,” Pielli said. “This legislation will restore fairness and accountability using commonsense measures to ensure affordable energy is provided for everyone.”
“We need energy to live, to keep our homes running, to stay cool in the summer — and when families can’t afford their energy bills, it means we need to restore balance to a broken system,” Fiedler said. “This is a commonsense solution that will lighten the load on regular ratepayers who are already shouldering costs that are far too high.”
The legislation, H.B. 2755, now heads to the full House for consideration.