Connect the Grid Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Connect the Grid Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Labor, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H1E6FECBBF1844CD494D75686F99D046D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Connect the Grid Act.
- Section H68AD2EC3E24F4DA283DEAB16780FA3EA: 2. Jurisdiction with respect to ERCOT Section 201(b)(2) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824(b)(2)) is amended by— striking 210, 211, 211A, 212 the second...
- Section H34D5800CEF284047B79746911ACFDB93: 3. Electric reliability Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o) is amended— in subsection (a)(3), by striking enlarge such facilities or to...
- Section H3A5CDFBCF5ED43669C7DE430249527BB: 4. Increased borrowing authority under the Transmission Facilitation Program Section 40106(d)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C....
- Section H3C8EB9F1FB03461F94D14762F14E08A9: 5. Study on benefits of interconnection with Mexico Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall conduct a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Connect the Grid Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Labor, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, Connect the Grid Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Mr. Casar (for himself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Garcia …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a population of people who are members of— a federally recognized Indian Tribe
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