United StatesHigh-Capacity Grid Act
What it does
This bill requires public electric utilities to use the best-available transmission conductor for certain interstate transmission lines (i.e., power lines) in order to recover the costs of the conductor through consumers' electric bills.
More detail
Specifically, in any filing seeking to recover the costs of a transmission conductor for the transmission line and in any proceeding to determine if the costs may be recovered through rates, the bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to presume that (1) the use of a best-available transmission conductor is a prudent practice and that the associated costs are just and reasonable, and (2) the use of a transmission conductor that is not a best-available transmission conductor is not prudent and that the associated costs are not just and reasonable.
A best-available transmission conductor is a conductor that (1) provides the greatest feasible and commercially available energy-carrying capacity at a given voltage level, (2) provides the highest feasible and commercially available electrical efficiency at that voltage level, and (3) mitigates thermal sag (drooping of power lines) at the maximum rated transmission-carrying capacity of the facility.
The bill applies to projects to (1) construct new transmission facilities; or (2) modify, upgrade, or replace an existing transmission line.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 16Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Latest
- Sep 15Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5662-5663)
- Sep 15DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6633.
- Sep 15Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5662)Passed House
- Sep 15Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 14Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.
- Sep 14Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
- Jul 21Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 21Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
- Jul 20Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 24Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 24Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 2025
- Dec 11Introduced in House
- Dec 11Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- Dec 11Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Introduced