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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 603
5	5	To direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to improve interregional
6	6	electricity transfer capability between immediately adjacent transmission
7	7	planning regions, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	JANUARY22, 2025
10	10	Mr. C
11	11	ASTENintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
12	12	Committee on Energy and Commerce
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to
15	15	improve interregional electricity transfer capability be-
16	16	tween immediately adjacent transmission planning re-
17	17	gions, and for 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 ‘‘Reinforcing the Grid 4
22	22	Against Extreme Weather Act of 2025’’. 5
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26	26	SEC. 2. IMPROVING INTERREGIONAL ELECTRICITY TRANS-1
27	27	FER CAPABILITY. 2
28	28	Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et 3
29	29	seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4
30	30	‘‘SEC. 224. IMPROVING INTERREGIONAL ELECTRICITY 5
31	31	TRANSFER CAPABILITY. 6
32	32	‘‘(a) R
33	33	ULEMAKING.—Not later than 24 months after 7
34	34	the date of enactment of this section, the Commission 8
35	35	shall issue regulations to establish a process for— 9
36	36	‘‘(1) calculating existing transfer capability be-10
37	37	tween each transmission planning region and its im-11
38	38	mediately adjacent transmission planning region, 12
39	39	such that— 13
40	40	‘‘(A) each transmission planning entity for 14
41	41	a given transmission planning region and the 15
42	42	transmission planning entities for any imme-16
43	43	diately adjacent transmission planning region 17
44	44	shall use the same method to calculate the 18
45	45	transfer capability between them; and 19
46	46	‘‘(B) each shared method of calculation 20
47	47	shall comply with requirements established by 21
48	48	the Commission; 22
49	49	‘‘(2) determining a minimum transfer capability 23
50	50	between each transmission planning region and its 24
51	51	immediately adjacent transmission planning region 25
52	52	in order to— 26
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56	56	‘‘(A) ensure that each transmission plan-1
57	57	ning region has sufficient electric transfer capa-2
58	58	bility with immediately adjacent transmission 3
59	59	planning regions to ensure reliability during im-4
60	60	pacts associated with weather events, physical 5
61	61	events, or cyberattacks to the transmission 6
62	62	planning region; and 7
63	63	‘‘(B) optimize achievement of the trans-8
64	64	mission benefits; 9
65	65	‘‘(3) identifying, selecting, and allocating costs 10
66	66	for individual interregional transmission projects 11
67	67	needed to achieve each minimum transfer capability 12
68	68	identified pursuant to paragraph (2); and 13
69	69	‘‘(4) preventing the disclosure of information 14
70	70	pertaining to cyberattacks that may compromise the 15
71	71	security of the electricity system. 16
72	72	‘‘(b) F
73	73	ILING APLAN.— 17
74	74	‘‘(1) I
75	75	N GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years 18
76	76	after the date of enactment of this section, and at 19
77	77	least every 5 years thereafter, the transmission plan-20
78	78	ning entities for each pair of immediately adjacent 21
79	79	transmission planning regions shall file with the 22
80	80	Commission, and receive approval for, a plan that, 23
81	81	in accordance with the regulations issued under sub-24
82	82	section (a)— 25
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86	86	‘‘(A) evaluates and selects interregional 1
87	87	transmission projects based on consideration of 2
88	88	the transmission benefits; and 3
89	89	‘‘(B) achieves minimum interregional 4
90	90	transfer capability. 5
91	91	‘‘(2) D
92	92	UTY OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 6
93	93	shall approve or deny a plan filed pursuant to para-7
94	94	graph (1) in consideration of the factors described in 8
95	95	subsection (a)(2). 9
96	96	‘‘(c) R
97	97	EPORT.—Not later than 48 months after the 10
98	98	date on which the regulations are issued pursuant to sub-11
99	99	section (a), and annually thereafter, the Commission shall 12
100	100	publish in the Federal Register a report on the results 13
101	101	of implementing this section. 14
102	102	‘‘(d) D
103	103	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
104	104	‘‘(1) G
105	105	REENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘greenhouse 16
106	106	gas’ includes each of the following: 17
107	107	‘‘(A) Carbon dioxide. 18
108	108	‘‘(B) Methane. 19
109	109	‘‘(C) Nitrous oxide. 20
110	110	‘‘(D) Sulfur hexafluoride. 21
111	111	‘‘(E) Any hydrofluorocarbon. 22
112	112	‘‘(F) Any perfluorocarbon. 23
113	113	‘‘(G) Nitrogen trifluoride. 24
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117	117	‘‘(H) Any fully fluorinated linear, 1
118	118	branched, or cyclic— 2
119	119	‘‘(i) alkane; 3
120	120	‘‘(ii) ether; 4
121	121	‘‘(iii) tertiary amine; or 5
122	122	‘‘(iv) amino ether. 6
123	123	‘‘(I) Any perfluoropolyether. 7
124	124	‘‘(J) Any hydrofluoropolyether. 8
125	125	‘‘(K) Any other fluorocarbon, except for a 9
126	126	fluorocarbon with a vapor pressure of less than 10
127	127	1 mm of Hg absolute at 25 degrees Celsius. 11
128	128	‘‘(2) T
129	129	RANSMISSION BENEFIT .—The term 12
130	130	‘transmission benefit’ means a broad range of eco-13
131	131	nomic, operational, safety, security, resilience, public 14
132	132	policy, environmental, and other reasonably antici-15
133	133	pated benefit of constructing, modifying, or oper-16
134	134	ating a transmission facility, including any benefit 17
135	135	realized when real-time energy prices and oper-18
136	136	ational conditions differ from those anticipated in 19
137	137	the 48-hour ahead or day-ahead time frame. Such 20
138	138	benefits include— 21
139	139	‘‘(A) improved reliability; 22
140	140	‘‘(B) improved resilience; 23
141	141	‘‘(C) improved safety; 24
142	142	‘‘(D) reduced congestion; 25
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146	146	‘‘(E) reduced power losses; 1
147	147	‘‘(F) greater carrying capacity; 2
148	148	‘‘(G) reduced operating reserve require-3
149	149	ments; 4
150	150	‘‘(H) improved access to lower-cost elec-5
151	151	tricity generation; 6
152	152	‘‘(I) improved access to electricity gener-7
153	153	ating facilities with no direct emissions of 8
154	154	greenhouse gases; 9
155	155	‘‘(J) improved public health from the clo-10
156	156	sure of electricity generation facilities that emit 11
157	157	harmful pollution; 12
158	158	‘‘(K) increased competition and market li-13
159	159	quidity in electricity markets; 14
160	160	‘‘(L) improved energy resilience and reli-15
161	161	ability of Department of Defense installations; 16
162	162	‘‘(M) optimizing use of existing trans-17
163	163	mission assets, including any existing rights of 18
164	164	way; 19
165	165	‘‘(N) other transmission costs avoided by 20
166	166	the proposed transmission solution; and 21
167	167	‘‘(O) other potential benefits of increasing 22
168	168	the interconnectedness of the electric grid. 23
169	169	‘‘(3) T
170	170	RANSMISSION PLANNING ENTITY .—The 24
171	171	term ‘transmission planning entity’ means an entity 25
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175	175	responsible for planning for the deployment of elec-1
176	176	tric transmission for a given transmission planning 2
177	177	region. 3
178	178	‘‘(4) T
179	179	RANSMISSION PLANNING REGION .—The 4
180	180	term ‘transmission planning region’ means a geo-5
181	181	graphic area that the Commission finds sufficient to 6
182	182	satisfy its requirements for the scope of regional 7
183	183	transmission planning, as established in or in com-8
184	184	pliance with the following orders issued by the Com-9
185	185	mission: 10
186	186	‘‘(A) ‘Transmission Planning and Cost Al-11
187	187	location by Transmission Owning and Oper-12
188	188	ating Public Utilities’ published in the Federal 13
189	189	Register on October 12, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 14
190	190	64890); and 15
191	191	‘‘(B) ‘Building for the Future Through 16
192	192	Electric Regional Transmission Planning and 17
193	193	Cost Allocation’ published in the Federal Reg-18
194	194	ister on October 24, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 19
195	195	64890).’’. 20
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