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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7607 
To study and modernize the measurement and reporting of United States 
energy use, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 20, 2026 
Mr. CASTEN (for himself, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mr. CLEAVER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To study and modernize the measurement and reporting 
of United States energy use, 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 ‘‘Modernizing EIA 
Tracking and Reporting to Increase Consistency Act’’ or 
the ‘‘METRIC Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to improve 
the energy performance, transparency, and decision-mak-
ing of the United States by modernizing how the United 
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States measures and accounts for gross amount of energy 
input into the national energy system. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) historical measures of primary energy were 
developed for economies dominated by combustion- 
based fuels and do not accurately capture the effi-
ciency or system value of noncombustion energy 
sources; 
(2) differences in how primary energy are meas-
ured across fuel and renewable systems obscure 
trends in electrification, decarbonization, and energy 
productivity, hindering effective policymaking and 
misinforming researchers, market participants, and 
the public; and 
(3) enhancing national energy accounting 
through improved data collection, modeling, and 
transparency will strengthen evidence-based policy-
making, support market efficiency, and better align 
United States statistics with the energy transition. 
SEC. 3. MODERNIZING ENERGY METRICS. 
(a) STUDY ON PRIMARY ENERGY INDICATORS.— 
(1) REQUIRED STUDY.—The Secretary of En-
ergy, with support from the Administrator of the 
Energy Information Administration and relevant of-
fices within the Department of Energy, shall conduct 
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a comprehensive study on the validity, limitations, 
and potential alternatives to the use of the indica-
tors for primary energy in national energy account-
ing. 
(2) SCOPE
OF
STUDY.—The study shall in-
clude— 
(A) an evaluation of the conceptual basis 
and historical rationale for the current indicator 
for primary energy calculated and reported by 
the Energy Information Administration; 
(B) an assessment of the limitations of pri-
mary energy accounting in accurately reflecting 
energy efficiency, energy transitions, and the 
value and comparability of combustible and 
noncombustible energy sources; 
(C) an analysis of alternative indicators 
and their suitability for integration into na-
tional energy statistics; 
(D) a review of international best practices 
for energy accounting, including methodologies 
used by the International Energy Agency and 
peer nations; and 
(E) recommendations for improvements or 
replacements to the primary energy indicator 
that better align with national goals for energy 
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efficiency, electrification, decarbonization, and 
economic productivity. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a report containing the 
findings and recommendations of the study required 
under paragraph (1). 
(b) COMPLEMENTARY INCIDENT ENERGY STATIS-
TICS.—Section 205 of the Department of Energy Organi-
zation Act (42 U.S.C. 7135) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(n) INCIDENT ENERGY STATISTICS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator shall 
develop, collect, analyze, and report on incident en-
ergy. 
‘‘(2) MEASUREMENT AND ESTIMATION.— 
‘‘(A) DATA DERIVED FROM SURVEYS.—To 
the extent feasible, under paragraph (1), the 
Administrator shall collect, through surveys, re-
porting requirements, or other data-collection 
mechanisms, data representing the amount of 
incident energy, consistent with the approaches 
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used to evaluate primary energy for thermal en-
ergy sources. 
‘‘(B) DERIVED ESTIMATES.—With respect 
to energy sources for which it is not feasible to 
collect data under subparagraph (A), the Ad-
ministrator shall develop and publish model- 
based estimates or analytical approximations of 
the amount of incident energy, updated on an 
annual basis, based on— 
‘‘(i) data collected through new or ex-
isting surveys of manufacturers, operators, 
or users of energy conversion technologies; 
‘‘(ii) physical models or statistical 
analyses developed or adopted by the En-
ergy Information Administration; and 
‘‘(iii) information derived from Fed-
eral research institutions, National Lab-
oratories, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, or 
other appropriate entities using remote 
sensing, satellite imagery, or comparable 
observational techniques, as may be nec-
essary. 
‘‘(3) INTEGRATION AND PUBLICATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall include the data on the amount of incident 
energy included in each report required by 
paragraph (1) in the existing reports or other 
products published by the Energy Information 
Administration that include primary energy and 
final energy statistics in a manner that enables 
side-by-side comparison of energy-conversion ef-
ficiency and system performance. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Admin-
istrator shall make all data, assumptions, and 
methods used under this subsection for pur-
poses of developing, collecting, analyzing, and 
reporting on incident energy publicly available 
in machine-readable formats and shall describe 
the degree of uncertainty or approximation as-
sociated with the estimates and analytical ap-
proximations developed and published under 
paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(4) RELATIONSHIP
TO
EXISTING
STATIS-
TICS.—This subsection shall not be construed to af-
fect how the Energy Information Administration de-
fines or reports primary energy as of the date of en-
actment of this subsection. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) ENERGY
CONVERSION.—The term 
‘energy conversion’ means any physical, chem-
ical, or mechanical process by which energy is 
transformed from one form to another for the 
purpose of producing electricity, heat, mechan-
ical work, chemical energy, or another usable or 
storable form of energy. 
‘‘(B) FINAL ENERGY.—The term ‘final en-
ergy’— 
‘‘(i) means energy in the form deliv-
ered to end users for consumption in build-
ings, transportation, industrial processes, 
or other sectors; and 
‘‘(ii) includes electricity, pipeline gas, 
gasoline, diesel, hydrogen, and district 
heat. 
‘‘(C) INCIDENT ENERGY.—The term ‘inci-
dent energy’— 
‘‘(i) means the total energy entering 
an energy conversion technology or system 
from natural or environmental sources, in-
cluding both thermal and nonthermal 
forms, before any transformation or con-
version losses occur; and 
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‘‘(ii) includes energy from combustible 
fuels, biomass, nuclear materials, solar ra-
diation, wind, geothermal heat, hydro-
electric potential, and other renewable or 
nonrenewable resources.’’. 
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