This bill creates new requirements to protect low-income communities, minorities, rural areas, elderly populations, and Native American communities from increases in energy costs caused by federal policies and regulations. The legislation directs the Comptroller General and the Office of Management and Budget to analyze how federal energy laws and environmental regulations affect these vulnerable communities and report back to Congress within one year with recommendations for reducing energy poverty. The bill also requires federal agencies to certify that new energy regulations will not increase energy costs for at-risk communities and establishes a process for studying whether major federal land decisions related to oil, gas, coal, and mineral development could harm these communities economically or cause job losses. Additionally, the bill specifies that federal agencies cannot proceed with certain moratoriums or decisions affecting energy development on federal land without first conducting impact studies and allows private companies to request studies examining how energy projects might reduce energy poverty in vulnerable areas.
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