Reliable Power Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires FERC to react to bulk-power-system generation inadequacy by relying on annual long-term assessments and reviewing certain federal regulations before they are finalized.
Who Benefits and How
Grid users, generators, and reliability-focused stakeholders could gain a stronger federal check on regulations that might worsen generation adequacy.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Executive agencies developing covered regulations would face an added submission, comment, and waiting process before finalizing those rules.
Key Provisions
- Requires the electric reliability organization to perform annual long-term generation-adequacy assessments and notify FERC of generation inadequacy.
- Requires covered federal agencies to submit certain regulations to FERC for review and bars finalization until the agency responds and FERC finds no significant reliability harm.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires FERC to react to bulk-power-system generation inadequacy by relying on annual long-term assessments and reviewing certain federal regulations before they are finalized.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires FERC to react to bulk-power-system generation inadequacy by relying on annual long-term assessments and reviewing certain federal regulations before they are finalized.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Grid users and generation resources that benefit from stronger reliability-focused review
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal agencies required to submit covered rules to FERC and wait for a no-harm finding
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings …
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Federal agencies required to submit covered agency actions to FERC before finalization
Bulk-power-system users and generators benefiting from the added reliability review
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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