Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act

This bill would amend the Federal Power Act to let an entity that plans to own, control, or operate a large new transmission line file a tariff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that divides up the line's costs. It covers interstate or offshore power lines of at least 1,000 megawatts, and expansions or upgrades that add at least 500 megawatts, completed on or after the law takes effect. The Commission would have to require that costs be assigned to customers in the relevant planning region or regions roughly in line with the expected benefits. Those benefits would include reliability, economic, public policy, resilience, and other reasonably expected benefits.

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Sponsors

• Kathy Castor Democrat sponsor
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