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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1327 |
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5 | 5 | | To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared |
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6 | 6 | | savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an |
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7 | 7 | | investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid- |
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8 | 8 | | enhancing technology, and for other purposes. |
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9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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10 | 10 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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11 | 11 | | Mr. W |
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12 | 12 | | ELCH(for himself and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which |
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13 | 13 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural |
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14 | 14 | | Resources |
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15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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16 | 16 | | To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to |
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17 | 17 | | establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion |
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18 | 18 | | of the savings attributable to an investment in grid- |
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19 | 19 | | enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-en- |
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20 | 20 | | hancing technology, and for other purposes. |
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21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Advancing Grid-En-4 |
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25 | 25 | | hancing Technologies Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘Advancing 5 |
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26 | 26 | | GETs Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 1 |
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31 | 31 | | In this Act: 2 |
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32 | 32 | | (1) C |
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33 | 33 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 3 |
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34 | 34 | | means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 4 |
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35 | 35 | | (2) G |
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36 | 36 | | RID-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY .—The term 5 |
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37 | 37 | | ‘‘grid-enhancing technology’’ means any hardware or 6 |
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38 | 38 | | software that— 7 |
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39 | 39 | | (A) increases the capacity, efficiency, reli-8 |
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40 | 40 | | ability, resilience, or safety of transmission fa-9 |
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41 | 41 | | cilities and transmission technologies; and 10 |
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42 | 42 | | (B) is installed in addition to transmission 11 |
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43 | 43 | | facilities and transmission technologies— 12 |
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44 | 44 | | (i) to give operators of the trans-13 |
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45 | 45 | | mission facilities and transmission tech-14 |
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46 | 46 | | nologies more situational awareness and 15 |
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47 | 47 | | control over the electric grid; 16 |
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48 | 48 | | (ii) to make the transmission facilities 17 |
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49 | 49 | | and transmission technologies more effi-18 |
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50 | 50 | | cient; or 19 |
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51 | 51 | | (iii) to increase the transfer capacity 20 |
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52 | 52 | | of the transmission facilities and trans-21 |
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53 | 53 | | mission technologies. 22 |
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54 | 54 | | (3) S |
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55 | 55 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 23 |
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56 | 56 | | the Secretary of Energy. 24 |
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60 | 60 | | SEC. 3. SHARED SAVINGS INCENTIVE FOR GRID-ENHANC-1 |
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61 | 61 | | ING TECHNOLOGIES. 2 |
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62 | 62 | | (a) D |
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63 | 63 | | EFINITION OFDEVELOPER.—In this section, 3 |
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64 | 64 | | the term ‘‘developer’’, with respect to grid-enhancing tech-4 |
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65 | 65 | | nology, means the entity that pays to install the grid-en-5 |
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66 | 66 | | hancing technology. 6 |
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67 | 67 | | (b) E |
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68 | 68 | | STABLISHMENT OF SHAREDSAVINGSINCEN-7 |
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69 | 69 | | TIVE.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-8 |
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70 | 70 | | ment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate a final 9 |
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71 | 71 | | rule to implement section 219(b)(3) of the Federal Power 10 |
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72 | 72 | | Act (16 U.S.C. 824s(b)(3)) by providing a shared savings 11 |
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73 | 73 | | incentive that returns a portion of the savings attributable 12 |
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74 | 74 | | to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the de-13 |
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75 | 75 | | veloper of that grid-enhancing technology, in accordance 14 |
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76 | 76 | | with this section. 15 |
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77 | 77 | | (c) R |
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78 | 78 | | EQUIREMENTS.— 16 |
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79 | 79 | | (1) I |
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80 | 80 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall deter-17 |
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81 | 81 | | mine the percentage of savings attributable to an in-18 |
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82 | 82 | | vestment in grid-enhancing technology that can be 19 |
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83 | 83 | | returned to the developer of that grid-enhancing 20 |
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84 | 84 | | technology pursuant to the shared savings incentive 21 |
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85 | 85 | | established under subsection (b), subject to the con-22 |
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86 | 86 | | ditions that the percentage— 23 |
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87 | 87 | | (A) is not less than 10 percent and not 24 |
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88 | 88 | | more than 25 percent; 25 |
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92 | 92 | | (B) is not determined on a per-project, 1 |
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93 | 93 | | per-investment, or case-by-case basis; and 2 |
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94 | 94 | | (C) is applied consistently to all invest-3 |
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95 | 95 | | ments in grid-enhancing technology eligible for 4 |
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96 | 96 | | the shared savings incentive, regardless of the 5 |
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97 | 97 | | type of grid-enhancing technology installed. 6 |
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98 | 98 | | (2) T |
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99 | 99 | | IME PERIOD FOR RECOVERY .—The shared 7 |
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100 | 100 | | savings incentive established under subsection (b) 8 |
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101 | 101 | | shall return a percentage, determined in accordance 9 |
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102 | 102 | | with paragraph (1), of the applicable savings to the 10 |
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103 | 103 | | developer of the applicable grid-enhancing tech-11 |
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104 | 104 | | nology over a period of 3 years. 12 |
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105 | 105 | | (d) E |
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106 | 106 | | LIGIBILITY.—Subject to subsection (e), the 13 |
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107 | 107 | | shared savings incentive established under subsection (b) 14 |
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108 | 108 | | shall apply with respect to— 15 |
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109 | 109 | | (1) any developer, with respect to the invest-16 |
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110 | 110 | | ment of that developer in grid-enhancing technology 17 |
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111 | 111 | | that is installed as described in section 2(2)(B); and 18 |
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112 | 112 | | (2) any grid-enhancing technology, including— 19 |
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113 | 113 | | (A) grid-enhancing technology that relates 20 |
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114 | 114 | | to new transmission facilities or transmission 21 |
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115 | 115 | | technologies; and 22 |
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116 | 116 | | (B) grid-enhancing technology that relates 23 |
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117 | 117 | | to existing transmission facilities or trans-24 |
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118 | 118 | | mission technologies. 25 |
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122 | 122 | | (e) LIMITATIONS.— 1 |
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123 | 123 | | (1) M |
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124 | 124 | | INIMUM SAVINGS.— 2 |
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125 | 125 | | (A) I |
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126 | 126 | | N GENERAL.—The shared savings in-3 |
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127 | 127 | | centive established under subsection (b) shall 4 |
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128 | 128 | | apply with respect to an investment in grid-en-5 |
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129 | 129 | | hancing technology only if the expected savings 6 |
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130 | 130 | | attributable to the investment over the 3-year 7 |
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131 | 131 | | period described in subsection (c)(2), as deter-8 |
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132 | 132 | | mined by the Commission, are at least 4 times 9 |
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133 | 133 | | the cost of the investment. 10 |
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134 | 134 | | (B) D |
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135 | 135 | | ETERMINATION.— 11 |
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136 | 136 | | (i) I |
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137 | 137 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission 12 |
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138 | 138 | | shall determine how to quantify the cost of 13 |
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139 | 139 | | an investment and the expected savings at-14 |
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140 | 140 | | tributable to an investment for purposes of 15 |
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141 | 141 | | subparagraph (A). 16 |
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142 | 142 | | (ii) C |
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143 | 143 | | OSTS.—For purposes of subpara-17 |
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144 | 144 | | graph (A), the cost of an investment may 18 |
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145 | 145 | | include any costs associated with the per-19 |
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146 | 146 | | mitting, installation, or purchase of the ap-20 |
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147 | 147 | | plicable grid-enhancing technology. 21 |
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148 | 148 | | (2) A |
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149 | 149 | | LREADY INSTALLED GETS .—The shared 22 |
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150 | 150 | | savings incentive established under subsection (b) 23 |
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151 | 151 | | may not be applied with respect to grid-enhancing 24 |
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155 | 155 | | technology that is already installed as of the date of 1 |
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156 | 156 | | enactment of this Act. 2 |
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157 | 157 | | (3) C |
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158 | 158 | | ONSUMER PROTECTION .—The Commission 3 |
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159 | 159 | | shall determine appropriate consumer protections for 4 |
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160 | 160 | | the shared savings incentive established under sub-5 |
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161 | 161 | | section (b). 6 |
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162 | 162 | | (f) E |
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163 | 163 | | VALUATION AND SUNSET OFSHAREDSAVINGS 7 |
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164 | 164 | | I |
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165 | 165 | | NCENTIVE.— 8 |
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166 | 166 | | (1) E |
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167 | 167 | | VALUATION.—Not earlier than 7 years, 9 |
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168 | 168 | | and not later than 10 years, after the shared savings 10 |
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169 | 169 | | incentive is established under subsection (b), the 11 |
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170 | 170 | | Commission shall— 12 |
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171 | 171 | | (A) evaluate the necessity and efficacy of 13 |
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172 | 172 | | the shared savings incentive; and 14 |
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173 | 173 | | (B) determine whether to maintain, revise, 15 |
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174 | 174 | | or suspend the shared savings incentive. 16 |
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175 | 175 | | (2) C |
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176 | 176 | | ONSIDERATION OF ORDER NO . 1920.—In 17 |
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177 | 177 | | conducting the evaluation under paragraph (1)(A), 18 |
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178 | 178 | | the Commission shall consider— 19 |
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179 | 179 | | (A) how the shared savings incentive aligns 20 |
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180 | 180 | | with the requirement that grid-enhancing tech-21 |
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181 | 181 | | nologies be considered in long-term regional 22 |
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182 | 182 | | transmission planning under Order No. 1920 of 23 |
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183 | 183 | | the Commission, entitled ‘‘Building for the Fu-24 |
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184 | 184 | | ture Through Electric Regional Transmission 25 |
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188 | 188 | | Planning and Cost Allocation’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 1 |
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189 | 189 | | 49280 (June 11, 2024)) (or a successor order); 2 |
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190 | 190 | | (B) whether and how the shared savings 3 |
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191 | 191 | | incentive should be revised to further align with 4 |
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192 | 192 | | that requirement; and 5 |
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193 | 193 | | (C) whether, in light of that requirement, 6 |
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194 | 194 | | the shared savings incentive should be main-7 |
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195 | 195 | | tained or suspended. 8 |
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196 | 196 | | (3) P |
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197 | 197 | | UBLIC COMMENT.—In conducting the eval-9 |
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198 | 198 | | uation under paragraph (1)(A), the Commission 10 |
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199 | 199 | | shall provide an opportunity for public comment, in-11 |
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200 | 200 | | cluding by stakeholders. 12 |
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201 | 201 | | SEC. 4. CONGESTION REPORTING. 13 |
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202 | 202 | | (a) A |
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203 | 203 | | NNUALREPORTS.— 14 |
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204 | 204 | | (1) I |
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205 | 205 | | N GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 15 |
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206 | 206 | | is 1 year after the effective date of the rule promul-16 |
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207 | 207 | | gated under subsection (b), all operators of trans-17 |
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208 | 208 | | mission facilities or transmission technologies shall 18 |
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209 | 209 | | submit to the Commission annual reports containing 19 |
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210 | 210 | | data on the costs associated with congestion man-20 |
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211 | 211 | | agement with respect to the transmission facilities or 21 |
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212 | 212 | | transmission technologies, including all relevant con-22 |
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213 | 213 | | straints. 23 |
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214 | 214 | | (2) R |
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215 | 215 | | EQUIREMENT.—Each annual report sub-24 |
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216 | 216 | | mitted under paragraph (1) shall identify— 25 |
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220 | 220 | | (A) with respect to each reported con-1 |
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221 | 221 | | straint that caused more than $500,000 in as-2 |
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222 | 222 | | sociated costs— 3 |
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223 | 223 | | (i) the cause of the constraint, includ-4 |
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224 | 224 | | ing physical infrastructure and transient 5 |
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225 | 225 | | disruptions; and 6 |
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226 | 226 | | (ii) the next limiting element type and 7 |
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227 | 227 | | its identified rating limit; and 8 |
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228 | 228 | | (B) each constraint that will be addressed 9 |
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229 | 229 | | by planned future upgrades to infrastructure 10 |
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230 | 230 | | and facilities. 11 |
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231 | 231 | | (b) R |
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232 | 232 | | ULEMAKING.—Not later than 18 months after 12 |
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233 | 233 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 13 |
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234 | 234 | | promulgate a final rule establishing a universal metric and 14 |
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235 | 235 | | protocol for the measuring and reporting of data under 15 |
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236 | 236 | | subsection (a). 16 |
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237 | 237 | | (c) U |
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238 | 238 | | SES OFDATA.— 17 |
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239 | 239 | | (1) A |
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240 | 240 | | NALYSES.— 18 |
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241 | 241 | | (A) I |
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242 | 242 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission and 19 |
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243 | 243 | | the Secretary shall each use the data submitted 20 |
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244 | 244 | | under subsection (a) to conduct analyses, as the 21 |
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245 | 245 | | Commission or the Secretary, as applicable, de-22 |
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246 | 246 | | termines to be appropriate. 23 |
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247 | 247 | | (B) C |
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248 | 248 | | OORDINATION.—The Commission 24 |
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249 | 249 | | and the Secretary may coordinate with respect 25 |
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253 | 253 | | to any analyses conducted using the data sub-1 |
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254 | 254 | | mitted under subsection (a). 2 |
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255 | 255 | | (2) M |
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256 | 256 | | AP.—The Commission and the Secretary, 3 |
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257 | 257 | | acting jointly, shall— 4 |
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258 | 258 | | (A) use the data submitted under sub-5 |
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259 | 259 | | section (a) to create a map of costs associated 6 |
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260 | 260 | | with congestion management in the trans-7 |
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261 | 261 | | mission system; and 8 |
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262 | 262 | | (B) update that map not less frequently 9 |
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263 | 263 | | than once each year. 10 |
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264 | 264 | | (d) P |
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265 | 265 | | UBLICATION OFDATA ANDMAP.—The Com-11 |
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266 | 266 | | mission and the Secretary shall make the data submitted 12 |
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267 | 267 | | under subsection (a) and the map described in subsection 13 |
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268 | 268 | | (c)(2) publicly available on the websites of— 14 |
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269 | 269 | | (1) the Commission; and 15 |
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270 | 270 | | (2) the Department of Energy. 16 |
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271 | 271 | | SEC. 5. GRID-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION 17 |
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272 | 272 | | GUIDE. 18 |
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273 | 273 | | (a) D |
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274 | 274 | | EFINITION OFDEVELOPER.—In this section, 19 |
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275 | 275 | | the term ‘‘developer’’ means a developer of transmission 20 |
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276 | 276 | | facilities or transmission technologies, including a devel-21 |
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277 | 277 | | oper of transmission facilities or transmission technologies 22 |
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278 | 278 | | that pays to install grid-enhancing technology with respect 23 |
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279 | 279 | | to those transmission facilities or transmission tech-24 |
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280 | 280 | | nologies. 25 |
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284 | 284 | | (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF APPLICATIONGUIDE.—Not 1 |
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285 | 285 | | later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 2 |
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286 | 286 | | Act, the Secretary shall establish an application guide for 3 |
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287 | 287 | | utilities and developers seeking to implement grid-enhanc-4 |
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288 | 288 | | ing technologies. 5 |
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289 | 289 | | (c) U |
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290 | 290 | | PDATES.—The guide established under sub-6 |
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291 | 291 | | section (b) shall be reviewed and updated annually. 7 |
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292 | 292 | | (d) T |
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293 | 293 | | ECHNICALASSISTANCE.— 8 |
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294 | 294 | | (1) I |
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295 | 295 | | N GENERAL.—On request of a utility or de-9 |
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296 | 296 | | veloper using the guide established under subsection 10 |
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297 | 297 | | (b), the Secretary shall provide technical assistance 11 |
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298 | 298 | | to that utility or developer with respect to the use 12 |
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299 | 299 | | of grid-enhancing technologies for particular applica-13 |
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300 | 300 | | tions. 14 |
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301 | 301 | | (2) C |
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302 | 302 | | LEARINGHOUSE.—In carrying out para-15 |
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303 | 303 | | graph (1), the Secretary shall establish a clearing-16 |
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304 | 304 | | house of previously completed grid-enhancing tech-17 |
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305 | 305 | | nology projects that the Secretary, utilities, and de-18 |
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306 | 306 | | velopers may use to identify issues and solutions re-19 |
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307 | 307 | | lating to the use of grid-enhancing technologies for 20 |
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308 | 308 | | particular applications. 21 |
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309 | 309 | | (e) A |
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310 | 310 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 22 |
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311 | 311 | | are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 23 |
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312 | 312 | | to remain available until expended— 24 |
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313 | 313 | | (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 25 |
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318 | 318 | | through 2036. 2 |
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