What does Preamble of REDUCE Act do?

This bill, formally titled 'To require Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit to organized wholesale electric markets bids that aggregate demand flexibility of customers of certain utilities, and for other purposes,' aims to require Transmission Organizations to permit aggregators of retail customers to submit bids to organized wholesale electric markets. The bill's stated purpose is to allow aggregators to submit bids that aggregate demand flexibility of customers of certain utilities.

What does SHORT TITLE. of REDUCE Act do?

This bill is formally titled the Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy Act.

What does AGGREGATOR BIDDING INTO ORGANIZED POWER MARKETS. of REDUCE Act do?

This section requires Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit bids that aggregate demand flexibility. These aggregators must represent customers of utilities that distributed over 4,000,000 megawatt-hours in the previous fiscal year. This requirement overrides state laws or commission prohibitions, provided applicable market rules do not establish such a prohibition. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must issue a rule to implement this section within one year of the Act's enactment.

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REDUCE Act

Last updated: 4/15/2026 · Introduced: 11/18/2025

Author: Richard Durbin (D-IL)

TL;DR (AI)

The bill mandates that Transmission Organizations permit aggregators of retail customers to submit bids to organized wholesale electric markets, aggregating customer demand flexibility.
Aggregators participating in these bids must represent customers of utilities distributing over 4,000,000 megawatt-hours annually.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is required to create a rule implementing this change within one year of the Act's enactment.

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