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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 8085 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8085
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 19, 2024
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 2024''.
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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
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