H.R. 2750 – Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act

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The Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act amends the Federal Power Act to let the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approve cost‑allocation tariffs for large interstate or offshore electric transmission projects deemed of national significance. It requires that the costs of these projects be spread to ratepayers in the affected planning regions in line with the benefits those projects provide. The bill mainly impacts transmission owners, operators, and the customers who will pay for the infrastructure.

Key Provisions

Allows entities proposing to own, control, or operate a qualifying transmission facility to file a tariff with FERC for cost allocation.
Mandates that tariffs allocate costs to customers in the relevant planning region roughly proportional to the anticipated reliability, economic, public‑policy, and resilience benefits of the project.
Defines a “transmission facility of national significance” as an interstate or offshore line with at least 1,000 MW capacity (new construction) or an upgrade that adds at least 500 MW, completed after the law’s enactment.
Specifies that the cost‑allocation rules apply only to facilities meeting this definition and do not change FERC’s authority over other transmission cost allocations.

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

April 20, 2023

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Introduced in House

April 20, 2023

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

April 20, 2023

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Introduced in HouseIssued April 20, 2023

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118th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2750

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 20, 2023

Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the allocation of the costs of certain interstate electric power transmission lines and electric power transmission lines that are located offshore, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act.

2.

Allocation of costs of certain transmission facilities

Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

224.

Allocation of costs of certain transmission facilities

(a)

Allocation of costs

(1)

In general

Any entity that proposes to own, control, or operate a transmission facility of national significance may file a tariff with the Commission in accordance with section 205 and the regulations of the Commission allocating the costs of such transmission facility of national significance.

(2)

Cost causation principle

The Commission shall require that any tariff filed under paragraph (1) allocate the costs of a transmission facility of national significance to customers within the applicable transmission planning region or regions in a manner that is at least roughly commensurate with the estimated anticipated benefits described in paragraph (3).

(3)

Cost allocation principle

The Commission shall require that any tariff filed under paragraph (1) allocate costs based on the broad range of reliability, economic, public policy, resilience, and other reasonably anticipated benefits of the applicable transmission facility of national significance.

(b)

Transmission facility of national significance

In this section, the term transmission facility of national significance means—

(1)

an interstate electric power transmission line (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line) or an electric power transmission line that is located offshore (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line)—

(A)

that has a transmission capacity of not less than 1,000 megawatts; and

(B)

the construction of which is completed on or after the date of enactment of this section; or

(2)

an expansion of, or upgrade to, an interstate electric power transmission line (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line) or an electric power transmission line that is located offshore (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line) that—

(A)

increases the transmission capacity of such electric power transmission line by at least 500 megawatts; and

(B)

is completed on or after the date of enactment of this section.

(c)

Savings provision

This section does not affect the authority of the Commission to approve the allocation of costs of transmission facilities other than transmission facilities of national significance.

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