I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6357 
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act to provide for further 
transparency of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act to provide 
for further transparency of the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TVA Increase Rate 
of Participation Act’’ or the ‘‘TVA IRP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (16 
U.S.C. 831k–1) is amended by inserting after section 12a 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 12b. OFFICE OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Corporation an Office of Public Participation to engage 
with the public through direct outreach and education to 
facilitate greater understanding of the processes of the 
Authority and solicit broader participation in matters of 
the Authority affecting the public. 
‘‘(b) HIRING.—Hiring authority for the Office of 
Public Participation shall lay with the Board and such au-
thority may not be delegated to Corporation staff. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Office of Public Participation es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) act as a liaison to members of the public 
affected by and interested in Corporation pro-
ceedings, by providing ongoing process information 
on individual proceedings and responding to requests 
for technical assistance; 
‘‘(2) coordinate with other program offices of 
the Corporation to improve, or, as appropriate, make 
recommendations to improve processes in a manner 
responsive to public input, with the goal of ensuring 
processes are inclusive, fair, and easy to navigate; 
and 
‘‘(3) with public participation and feedback, 
create and facilitate a process not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, for 
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meaningful and open public engagement in the 
Authority’s integrated resource planning process, in-
cluding opportunities for intervention, discovery, 
filed comments or testimony, and an evidentiary 
hearing. 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN INTEGRATED RE-
SOURCE
PLANNING
PROCESS.—The process required 
under subsection (b)(3) shall include— 
‘‘(1) a public comment period that begins not 
later than 100 days before release of a draft of an 
integrated resource plan and ends on the last day of 
the evidentiary hearing for such plan; and 
‘‘(2) a requirement for a response to any re-
quest for discovery from an intervenor not later than 
15 days after such request is submitted.’’. 
SEC. 3. INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In drafting an integrated resource 
plan pursuant to section 113 of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 831m–1), the Board of Directors of 
the Tennessee Valley Authority shall— 
(1) oversee the process for meaningful and open 
public engagement in the integrated resource plan-
ning process established under section 12b of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (as added 
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113(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (16 
U.S.C. 831m–1); and 
(6) issue a decision to approve, deny, or require 
modifications to such draft plan as necessary based 
on the evaluation under paragraph (5) and public 
input provided through the public comment period 
and evidentiary hearing required under section 12b 
of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 (as 
added by this Act). 
(b) TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY LEAST-COST 
PLANNING PROGRAM.—Section 113(b)(2)(A) of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 831m–1) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘resilience, extreme weather risk, impacts to 
public health,’’ after ‘‘dispatchability’’. 
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