S3918-118

Introduced

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 12, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Technology, Government Operations.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies Act of 2024 or the Advancing GETs Act of 2024.
  • Section idec4a4fdde5b74874a10eede853f6596c: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term grid-enhancing technology means any hardware or...
  • Section id92039387cf9547e4a257c9f6c7ddf07b: 3. Shared savings incentive for grid-enhancing technologies In this section, the term developer, with respect to grid-enhancing technology, means the entity...
  • Section idb63ec342444d49bd8c838cdfbbc3cb13: 4. Congestion reporting Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the effective date of the rule promulgated under subsection (b), all operators of...
  • Section id7e49e2045af14a669b6bcaf04b9a2dea: 5. Grid-enhancing technology application guide In this section, the term developer means a developer of transmission facilities or transmission technologies,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Technology, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Technology Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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federal implementing agencies:
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 12, 2024

Mr. Welch (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Technology Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Commission" §idec4a4fdde5b74874a10eede853f6596c

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

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