Senate bill · S. 465 (119th Congress)
GRID Power Act
U.S. Senate
Sponsor: John Hoeven (U.S. Senator for North Dakota, Republican)
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Summary
Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act or the GRID Power Act This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and periodically review a rule that revises the approval process for interconnection requests of generating units that produce electricity to prioritize dispatchable power projects (e.g., certain fossil fuel projects). Under the bill, d ispatchable power generally refers to an electric energy generation resource, such as a generating unit that produces electricity from fossil fuels, capable of providing known and forecastable electric supply in time intervals necessary to ensure grid reliability. Currently, FERC receives interconnection requests from those projects and other generating units, such as units that produce electricity from renewable energy. Interconnection requests are requests from generating units to connect to the high voltage transmission lines of the electric grid. First, the rule must address the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing procedures for processing interconnection requests to ensure that new dispatchable power projects that improve grid reliability and resource adequacy can interconnect to the electric grid quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably. Second, the rule must revise the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, and the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement as appropriate, to authorize transmission providers to submit proposals to FERC to prioritize new dispatchable power projects that will improve grid reliability and resource adequacy by assigning those projects higher positions in the interconnection queue of the provider. FERC must review and approve or deny such proposals within 60 days after the proposal is submitted.
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Out of committee and scheduled for a vote by the full chamber.
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Committee
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · U.S. Senate
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Cosponsors
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Full history
- Sep 30, 2026
Reported out of committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Apr 15, 2026
Hearing held
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-366.
- Apr 15, 2026
Hearing held
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-366.
- Apr 15, 2026
Hearing held
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-366.
- Apr 15, 2026
In committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-366.
U.S. Senate
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- Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
- Feb 6, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Feb 6, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Feb 6, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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