HR2703-119

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies Act of 2025 or the Advancing GETs Act of 2025.

2. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term grid-enhancing technology means any hardware or software that— increases the capacity, efficiency, reliability, resilience, or safety of transmission facilities and transmission technologies; and is installed in addition to transmission facilities and transmission technologies— to give operators of the transmission facilities and transmission technologies more situational awareness and control over the electric grid; to make the transmission facilities and transmission technologies more efficient; or to increase the transfer capacity of the transmission facilities and transmission technologies. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.

3. Shared savings incentive for grid-enhancing technologies In this section, the term developer, with respect to grid-enhancing technology, means the entity that pays to install the grid-enhancing technology. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate a final rule to implement section 219(b)(3) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824s(b)(3)) by providing a shared savings incentive that returns a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, in accordance with this section. The Commission shall determine the percentage of savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology that can be returned to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology pursuant to the shared savings incentive established under subsection (b), subject to the conditions that the percentage— is not less than 10 percent and not more than 25 percent; is not determined on a per-project, per-investment, or case-by-case basis; and is applied consistently to all investments in grid-enhancing technology eligible for the shared savings incentive, regardless of the type of grid-enhancing technology installed. The shared savings incentive established under subsection (b) shall return a percentage, determined in accordance with paragraph (1), of the applicable savings to the developer of the applicable grid-enhancing technology over a period of 3 years. Subject to subsection (e), the shared savings incentive established under subsection (b) shall apply with respect to— any developer, with respect to the investment of that developer in grid-enhancing technology that is installed as described in section 2(2)(B); and any grid-enhancing technology, including— grid-enhancing technology that relates to new transmission facilities or transmission technologies; and grid-enhancing technology that relates to existing transmission facilities or transmission technologies. The shared savings incentive established under subsection (b) shall apply with respect to an investment in grid-enhancing technology only if the expected savings attributable to the investment over the 3-year period described in subsection (c)(2), as determined by the Commission, are at least 4 times the cost of the investment. The Commission shall determine how to quantify the cost of an investment and the expected savings attributable to an investment for purposes of subparagraph (A). For purposes of subparagraph (A), the cost of an investment may include any costs associated with the permitting, installation, or purchase of the applicable grid-enhancing technology. The shared savings incentive established under subsection (b) may not be applied with respect to grid-enhancing technology that is already installed as of the date of enactment of this Act. The Commission shall determine appropriate consumer protections for the shared savings incentive established under subsection (b). Not earlier than 7 years, and not later than 10 years, after the shared savings incentive is established under subsection (b), the Commission shall— evaluate the necessity and efficacy of the shared savings incentive; and determine whether to maintain, revise, or suspend the shared savings incentive. In conducting the evaluation under paragraph (1)(A), the Commission shall consider— how the shared savings incentive aligns with the requirement that grid-enhancing technologies be considered in long-term regional transmission planning under Order No. 1920 of the Commission, entitled Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation (89 Fed. Reg. 49280 (June 11, 2024)) (or a successor order); whether and how the shared savings incentive should be revised to further align with that requirement; and whether, in light of that requirement, the shared savings incentive should be maintained or suspended. In conducting the evaluation under paragraph (1)(A), the Commission shall provide an opportunity for public comment, including by stakeholders.