High-Capacity Grid Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill establishes a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standard favoring best-available transmission conductors for covered transmission projects and requires implementing regulations.
Who Benefits and How
Manufacturers and users of higher-capacity, more efficient transmission conductors could benefit from a Federal presumption favoring those technologies in cost recovery.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Public utilities using lower-performing conductors could face weaker cost-recovery treatment, and FERC would need to develop and maintain the implementation methodology.
Key Provisions
- Defines best-available transmission conductor and covered transmission projects.
- Creates a presumption that best-available conductors are prudent and their costs are just and reasonable for rate recovery.
- Creates a contrary presumption for non-best-available conductors and requires FERC rulemaking to implement and periodically update the standard.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill establishes a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standard favoring best-available transmission conductors for covered transmission projects and requires implementing regulations.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill establishes a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standard favoring best-available transmission conductors for covered transmission projects and requires implementing regulations.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Suppliers and users of advanced transmission-conductor technologies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Public utilities and FERC officials subject to the new conductor standard and rulemaking duties
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Fedorchak introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Manufacturers and suppliers of advanced transmission conductors favored by the new standard
Public utilities developing covered transmission projects under the new conductor standard
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officials responsible for issuing and updating the standard
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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