Cracking down on price gouging, so energy companies can’t take advantage of you to boost their profits
Crack down on energy price gouging.
Occurrences
Casten, Schakowsky, Beyer Reintroduce Energy Consumer Protection Act to Crack Down on Market Manipulation ... legislation aimed at strengthening federal oversight of energy markets and protecting consumers from price manipulation.
Evidence
The bill text includes 'Domestic natural gas price protection' and 'Consumer protection from energy market manipulation.'
Casten reintroduced the Energy Consumer Protection Act to strengthen FERC oversight and protect consumers from price manipulation.
Assessments
Casten took a serious same-term legislative run at this promise by introducing and reintroducing bills aimed at stronger FERC oversight, domestic natural gas price protection, and consumer protection from energy market manipulation. But the evidence shows proposal and advocacy, not enactment or a completed federal crackdown on energy price gouging. Under the federal-candidate standard, that is a substantial effort without delivered policy change.