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The GRID Power Act would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reform how energy projects connect to the electric grid. Currently, projects like solar farms, wind arrays, and power plants wait years in a queue for approval to plug into the grid. This bill would allow grid operators to prioritize certain projects that provide dispatchable power—energy sources that can reliably deliver electricity on demand when needed—to help ensure grid reliability and meet increasing electricity demand.
Under the bill, transmission providers could propose moving dispatchable power projects higher in the interconnection queue, but only if they demonstrate that doing so would improve grid reliability or resource adequacy. FERC would need to review and approve these proposals within 60 days, and the agency would conduct reviews every five years to ensure the rules remain effective. The bill aims to speed up the approval process for critical power projects while maintaining oversight and stakeholder input.
The bill has generated debate about its practical effects. Supporters argue it would lower energy costs and prevent grid reliability crises by prioritizing dependable power sources. Critics worry the measure could allow fossil fuel plants to jump ahead of wind and solar projects that are already in the queue, potentially locking in carbon emissions. The bill passed the House in September 2025 and is now being reviewed by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 19, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 19, 2025
Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
GRID Power Act
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held.
Apr 15, 2026
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.
Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 722, H.Res. 707 is amended.
Sep 17, 2025
