Electric Supply Chain Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Dec 15, 2025

The Electric Supply Chain Act requires the Department of Energy to periodically assess and report to Congress on the electricity supply chain, including trends and vulnerabilities in component supplies, barriers to expanding U.S. capacity for processing critical materials, and domestic policies affecting investment in the supply chain. The DOE must also identify emerging issues in the supply chain and provide recommendations to address those issues and to secure and expand the supply chain. An initial report must be submitted no later than one year after the bill is enacted.

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Electric Supply Chain Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to periodically assess the supply chain that supports the generation and transmission of electricity and report on the assessment to the appropriate congressional committees. Specifically, DOE must periodically assess and report on information including trends and vulnerabilities in the supply of components needed for generating or transmitting electricity, barriers to expanding U.S. capacity to process critical materials, and domestic policies that deter greater investment into the supply chain; emerging issues in the supply chain; and recommendations to address these emerging issues and to secure and expand the supply chain. The initial report must be submitted no later than one year after the date of enactment of this bill.