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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 290
5	5	Recognizing that the retirement of nonintermittent electric generation facili-
6	6	ties, before facilities with equal or greater reliability attributes are avail-
7	7	able, is a threat to the reliability of the United States electric grid.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL2, 2025
10	10	Ms. F
11	11	EDORCHAK(for herself and Ms. LEEof Florida) submitted the following
12	12	resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
13	13	RESOLUTION
14	14	Recognizing that the retirement of nonintermittent electric
15	15	generation facilities, before facilities with equal or greater
16	16	reliability attributes are available, is a threat to the
17	17	reliability of the United States electric grid.
18	18	Whereas the North American Electric Reliability Corporation,
19	19	in the 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment, identified
20	20	several transmission regions as being at elevated or high
21	21	risk of electricity shortages during extreme weather con-
22	22	ditions or normal peak conditions, including—
23	23	(1) the Electric Reliability Council of Texas;
24	24	(2) the Midcontinent Independent System Operator;
25	25	(3) the New England Subregion of the Northeast
26	26	Power Coordinating Council;
27	27	(4) the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland
28	28	Interconnection;
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32	32	(5) the East region of the SERC Reliability Cor-
33	33	poration;
34	34	(6) the Southwest Power Pool; and
35	35	(7) the California and Mexico Subregion of the
36	36	Western Electricity Coordinating Council;
37	37	Whereas the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
38	38	anticipates the reserve margins of 18 out of 20 trans-
39	39	mission subregions to fall below their respective reference
40	40	margins by 2034, 7 of which are anticipated to turn neg-
41	41	ative, meaning there will be less cushion, no cushion, or
42	42	a negative cushion to handle unexpected spikes in elec-
43	43	tricity demand across most of the United States;
44	44	Whereas the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
45	45	considers the retirement of hydrocarbon-powered genera-
46	46	tion facilities, such as coal and natural gas, and the rapid
47	47	interconnection of intermittent sources, such as solar and
48	48	wind, as creating a variable and weather-dependent re-
49	49	source mix, negatively affecting essential services and
50	50	overall electric grid reliability;
51	51	Whereas the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
52	52	acknowledges that natural gas pipelines are not being
53	53	added to the United States resource mix fast enough to
54	54	meet demand, leaving some areas with insufficient nat-
55	55	ural gas capacity for electric generation during peak de-
56	56	mand;
57	57	Whereas the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
58	58	identified environmental regulations as the driving force
59	59	behind retirements of coal, natural gas, and nuclear gen-
60	60	erators, which could have a profound and negative effect
61	61	on the reliability of the bulk power system over the next
62	62	decade;
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66	66	Whereas electricity consumption from artificial intelligence,
67	67	regarded as a strategically important emerging tech-
68	68	nology by the Department of Defense, is expected to con-
69	69	stitute up to 12 percent of total United States electricity
70	70	consumption by 2030;
71	71	Whereas total United States energy demand is expected to
72	72	grow by 15 to 20 percent by 2035, according to the De-
73	73	partment of Energy;
74	74	Whereas the United States Energy Information Administra-
75	75	tion projects, under a high-growth scenario, that indus-
76	76	trial sector energy consumption will increase by 32 per-
77	77	cent by 2050;
78	78	Whereas, on January 20, 2025, President Trump declared a
79	79	National Energy Emergency, stating that the policies of
80	80	the previous administration have pushed the United
81	81	States into a crisis marked by an inadequate, intermit-
82	82	tent energy supply and a growing risk of electric grid in-
83	83	stability;
84	84	Whereas addressing this National Energy Emergency re-
85	85	quires immediate and decisive action to restore reliability
86	86	and security to the United States electric grid;
87	87	Whereas, on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an
88	88	Executive order titled ‘‘Unleashing American Energy’’
89	89	which rightfully declares that it is in the national interest
90	90	to unleash the affordable and reliable energy and natural
91	91	resources of the United States;
92	92	Whereas President Trump’s immediate attention to United
93	93	States energy underscores the outsized role that energy
94	94	has in the domestic economy, and how more domestic en-
95	95	ergy production will improve the affordability, reliability,
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99	99	and sustainability of the electric grid of the United
100	100	States; and
101	101	Whereas a free and competitive energy market will restore
102	102	the United States to prosperity, including for middle-
103	103	class men and women who have been forgotten by the
104	104	economy in recent years, and will rebuild the economic
105	105	and military security of the United States, which will de-
106	106	liver peace through strength: Now, therefore, be it
107	107	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
108	108	(1) recognizes the instability of the United 2
109	109	States electric grid and the threat to electric grid re-3
110	110	liability from the retirement of nonintermittent elec-4
111	111	tric generation facilities without the replacement of 5
112	112	such facilities with facilities with the same at-6
113	113	tributes; 7
114	114	(2) recognizes that energy is not sustainable if 8
115	115	it is not affordable and reliable; 9
116	116	(3) recognizes that burdensome environmental 10
117	117	regulations and market-distorting Federal incentives 11
118	118	are the driving force behind premature retirements 12
119	119	of nonintermittent electric generating facilities, 13
120	120	which raises prices and reduces the reliability of 14
121	121	electricity supply for United States households; and 15
122	122	(4) supports President Trump’s efforts to un-16
123	123	leash United States energy and encourages develop-17
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127	127	ment of the God given resources of the United 1
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