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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1047
5	5	To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the inter-
6	6	connection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain
7	7	projects, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY6, 2025
10	10	Mr. B
11	11	ALDERSONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
12	12	Committee on Energy and Commerce
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to
15	15	reform the interconnection queue process for the
16	16	prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for
17	17	other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Reli-4
22	22	ability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power 5
23	23	Act’’ or the ‘‘GRID Power Act’’. 6
24	24	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7
25	25	In this Act: 8
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28	28	•HR 1047 IH
29	29	(1) BULK-POWER SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘bulk- 1
30	30	power system’’ has the meaning given the term in 2
31	31	section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 3
32	32	824o(a)). 4
33	33	(2) C
34	34	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 5
35	35	means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 6
36	36	(3) D
37	37	ISPATCHABLE POWER .—The term 7
38	38	‘‘dispatchable power’’ means an electric energy gen-8
39	39	eration resource capable of providing known and 9
40	40	forecastable electric supply in time intervals nec-10
41	41	essary to ensure grid reliability. 11
42	42	(4) G
43	43	RID RELIABILITY.—The term ‘‘grid reli-12
44	44	ability’’ means the ability of the electric grid to de-13
45	45	liver an adequate, secure, and stable flow of elec-14
46	46	tricity in the quantity and with the quality de-15
47	47	manded by users, taking into account the ability of 16
48	48	the bulk-power system to withstand sudden disturb-17
49	49	ances. 18
50	50	(5) G
51	51	RID RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘grid resil-19
52	52	ience’’ means the ability of the electric grid to adapt 20
53	53	to changing physical conditions and withstand and 21
54	54	rapidly recover from significant disturbances, includ-22
55	55	ing natural disasters, cyber-attacks, and other un-23
56	56	foreseen events. 24
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60	60	(6) INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR .—The 1
61	61	term ‘‘Independent System Operator’’ has the mean-2
62	62	ing given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power 3
63	63	Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 4
64	64	(7) R
65	65	EGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION .— 5
66	66	The term ‘‘Regional Transmission Organization’’ 6
67	67	has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 7
68	68	Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 8
69	69	(8) R
70	70	ESOURCE ADEQUACY .—The term ‘‘re-9
71	71	source adequacy’’ means the ability of the electric 10
72	72	system to meet the aggregate electrical demand and 11
73	73	energy requirements of end-use customers at all 12
74	74	times, accounting for scheduled and reasonably ex-13
75	75	pected unscheduled outages of bulk-power system 14
76	76	components. 15
77	77	(9) T
78	78	RANSMISSION PROVIDER .—The term 16
79	79	‘‘transmission provider’’ means— 17
80	80	(A) a public utility (as defined in section 18
81	81	201(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 19
82	82	824(e))) that owns, operates, or controls 1 or 20
83	83	more transmission facilities; 21
84	84	(B) an Independent System Operator; and 22
85	85	(C) a Regional Transmission Organization. 23
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89	89	SEC. 3. RULEMAKING TO IMPROVE INTERCONNECTION 1
90	90	QUEUE FLEXIBILITY. 2
91	91	(a) I
92	92	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 3
93	93	date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall ini-4
94	94	tiate a rulemaking— 5
95	95	(1) to address the inefficiencies and ineffective-6
96	96	ness of existing procedures for processing inter-7
97	97	connection requests to ensure that new dispatchable 8
98	98	power projects that improve grid reliability and re-9
99	99	source adequacy can interconnect to the electric grid 10
100	100	quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably; and 11
101	101	(2) to amend the pro forma Large Generator 12
102	102	Interconnection Procedures and, as appropriate, the 13
103	103	pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agree-14
104	104	ment, promulgated pursuant to section 35.28(f) of 15
105	105	title 18, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 16
106	106	regulations)— 17
107	107	(A) to authorize transmission providers to 18
108	108	submit proposals to the Commission to adjust 19
109	109	the interconnection queue of the transmission 20
110	110	provider to prioritize new dispatchable power 21
111	111	projects that will improve grid reliability and 22
112	112	resource adequacy by assigning those projects 23
113	113	higher positions in the interconnection queue; 24
114	114	and 25
115	115	(B) to require transmission providers— 26
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119	119	(i) to provide in any proposal de-1
120	120	scribed in subparagraph (A)— 2
121	121	(I) a demonstration of need for 3
122	122	prioritization of the relevant projects; 4
123	123	and 5
124	124	(II) a description of how the 6
125	125	prioritization of those projects will im-7
126	126	prove grid reliability or grid resilience; 8
127	127	(ii) to provide a process for public 9
128	128	comment and stakeholder engagement be-10
129	129	fore a proposal described in subparagraph 11
130	130	(A) is submitted to the Commission; and 12
131	131	(iii) to provide regular reporting to 13
132	132	the Commission on the state of grid reli-14
133	133	ability and grid resilience, including report-15
134	134	ing on any actions taken pursuant to this 16
135	135	Act. 17
136	136	(b) C
137	137	OMMISSIONAPPROVAL.—To ensure timely re-18
138	138	sponses to grid reliability concerns, not later than 60 days 19
139	139	after a proposal is submitted pursuant to subsection 20
140	140	(a)(2), the Commission shall— 21
141	141	(1) review the proposal; and 22
142	142	(2) approve or deny the proposal. 23
143	143	(c) D
144	144	EADLINE FORFINALRULE.—Not later than 24
145	145	180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-25
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149	149	mission shall promulgate final regulations to complete the 1
150	150	rulemaking initiated under subsection (a). 2
151	151	(d) P
152	152	ERIODICREVIEW.—Not less frequently than 3
153	153	once every 5 years, the Commission shall review and, if 4
154	154	necessary, update the regulations promulgated under this 5
155	155	section to ensure that those regulations remain effective 6
156	156	and relevant to evolving grid reliability and grid resilience 7
157	157	challenges. 8
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