Lowering Energy Costs through Grid Modernization Act

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Introduced 2026-07-23Topic: energy · infrastructure utilities · taxes

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This bill would allow electric transmission providers, during their federally required planning, to study whether replacing existing power lines with advanced conductors within existing rights-of-way would bring economic and reliability benefits, and to share the results with the Department of Energy and the public. It would let the Secretary of Energy publish combined data on such projects without naming specific facilities or operators. It would treat federal permits for qualifying line-upgrade projects as categorical exclusions from full environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act, unless extraordinary circumstances apply. It would also add these transmission upgrades to the federal clean electricity investment tax credit, at a 6 percent base rate or 30 percent if certain wage and apprenticeship requirements are met, and would exclude property built with material assistance from prohibited foreign entities.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-07-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-07-23	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-07-23		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-07-23		Introduced in House	introduce

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