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John Hoeven (R-ND)

GRID Power Act

S. 465 · Senate bill Energy

A Republican bill with 4 Republican cosponsors · See all 4 cosponsors

Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 698.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "GRID Power Act," directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process. The goal is to allow new dispatchable power projects to connect to the electric grid more quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably. It requires a rulemaking process to address current inefficiencies in how interconnection requests are processed. Specifically, it seeks to allow transmission providers to propose adjusting queues to prioritize projects that improve grid reliability and resource adequacy. The Commission must review these proposals and issue final regulations within specific timeframes.