This bill, the GRID Power Act, requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to start a rulemaking within 90 days to change how interconnection requests are processed. It defines key terms such as "dispatchable power" (generation that can provide known and forecastable supply) and identifies transmission providers (public utilities, Independent System Operators, and Regional Transmission Organizations). The rulemaking must allow transmission providers to propose adjusting their interconnection queues to give higher priority to new dispatchable power projects that improve grid reliability and resource adequacy. Proposals must include a demonstration of need, a description of how prioritization will improve reliability or resilience, a public comment and stakeholder process before submission, and regular reporting to FERC. FERC must review and approve or deny any such proposal within 60 days and issue final regulations for the rulemaking within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The Commission must review and update the regulations at least once every 5 years.
If you are a transmission provider, FERC, or a developer of generation resources, this bill directs new procedures you must follow for interconnection prioritization. Transmission providers would be able to submit formal proposals to move certain dispatchable projects ahead in their interconnection queue, but must show why prioritization is needed and allow public comment. FERC would have specific short deadlines to act on those proposals. For the general public, the bill requires reporting on grid reliability and resilience but does not itself set rates, approvals, or project funding.
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The bill directs FERC and transmission providers to prioritize new dispatchable power projects when doing so would improve grid reliability and resource adequacy. It sets clear deadlines for rulemaking and for FERC review of prioritization proposals to address perceived inefficiencies in current interconnection procedures.
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