H.R. 2986

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2986 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2986

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate 
regulations that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation 
and storage resources to the transmission system through more efficient 
and effective interconnection procedures.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 24, 2025

Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate 
regulations that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation 
and storage resources to the transmission system through more efficient 
and effective interconnection procedures.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Expediting Generator Interconnection 
Procedures Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission.
(2) Energy storage project.--The term ``energy storage 
project'' means--
(A) any equipment that receives, stores, and 
delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped 
hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), 
thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, 
flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or 
other technologies identified by the Commission; and
(B) any project for the construction or 
modification of equipment described in subparagraph (A) 
as part of an effort to build-out transmission 
interconnection opportunities.
(3) Generation project.--The term ``generation project'' 
means--
(A) any facility--
(i) that generates or injects electricity; 
and
(ii) for which an interconnection request 
is subject to the jurisdiction of the 
Commission; and
(B) any project for the construction or 
modification of a facility described in subparagraph 
(A).
(4) Interconnection customer.--The term ``interconnection 
customer'' means a person or entity that has submitted an 
interconnection request.
(5) Interconnection request.--The term ``interconnection 
request'' means a request submitted to a public utility to 
interconnect a new generation project or energy storage project 
to the electric system of a public utility for the purposes of 
transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce or the 
sale of electric energy at wholesale.
(6) Public utility.--The term ``public utility'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 201(e) of the Federal Power 
Act (16 U.S.C. 824(e)).
(7) Transmission facility.--The term ``transmission 
facility'' means a facility that is used for the transmission 
of electric energy in interstate commerce.
(8) Transmission provider.--The term ``transmission 
provider'' means a public utility that owns, operates, or 
controls 1 or more transmission facilities.
(9) Transmission system.--The term ``transmission system'' 
means a network of transmission facilities used for the 
transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.

SEC. 3. RULEMAKING TO EXPEDITE GENERATOR INTERCONNECTION PROCEDURES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking--
(1) to address the inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of 
existing procedures for processing interconnection requests to 
ensure that new generation projects and energy storage projects 
can interconnect quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably; and
(2) to revise the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection 
Procedures and, as appropriate, the pro forma Large Generator 
Interconnection Agreement, promulgated pursuant to section 
35.28(f) of title 18, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulations), to require transmission providers--
(A) to develop and employ modeling assumptions for 
each resource type based on actual operating abilities 
and practices, for the purposes of studying an 
interconnection request;
(B) to study interconnection requests in a manner 
consistent with the risk tolerance of the 
interconnection customer;
(C) to select, as appropriate, 1 or more cost-
effective solutions to address network reliability 
needs that may be identified while studying an 
interconnection request;
(D) to provide sufficient information to 
interconnection customers for the interconnection 
customers to understand how a transmission provider has 
implemented the assumptions and solutions described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (C);
(E) to share and employ, as appropriate, queue 
management best practices, including with respect to 
the use of advanced computing technologies, automation, 
and standardized study criteria, in evaluating 
interconnection requests, in order to expedite study 
results; and
(F) to implement transparency and performance-
enhancing measures to ensure timely and cost-conscious 
construction of necessary network upgrades once an 
interconnection agreement has been executed.
(b) Deadline for Final Rule.--Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate a final 
rule to complete the rulemaking initiated under subsection (a).
(c) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section alters, or may be 
construed to alter, the allocation of costs of the transmission system 
pursuant to the ratemaking authority of the Commission under section 
205 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824d).
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