{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-1047","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 1047","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"GRID Power Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"GRID Power Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"GRID Power Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"GRID Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"GRID Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"GRID Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-02-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-09-18","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h279","question":"On Passage","title":"GRID Power Act","result":"Passed","yea":216,"nay":206,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll279.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2025-09-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-02-06","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act or the GRID Power Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and periodically review a rule that revises the approval process for interconnection requests of generating units that produce electricity to prioritize dispatchable power projects (e.g., certain fossil fuel projects)."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, dispatchable power generally refers to an electric energy generation resource, such as a generating unit that produces electricity from fossil fuels, capable of providing known and forecastable electric supply in time intervals necessary to ensure grid reliability. Currently, FERC receives interconnection requests from those projects and other generating units, such as units that produce electricity from renewable energy. Interconnection requests are requests from generating units to connect to the high voltage transmission lines of the electric grid."},{"k":"p","t":"First, the rule must address the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing procedures for processing interconnection requests to ensure that new dispatchable power projects that improve grid reliability and resource adequacy can interconnect to the electric grid quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably."},{"k":"p","t":"Second, the rule must revise the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, and the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement as appropriate, to authorize transmission providers to submit proposals to FERC to prioritize new dispatchable power projects that will improve grid reliability and resource adequacy by assigning those projects higher positions in the interconnection queue of the provider. FERC must review and approve or deny such proposals within 60 days after the proposal is submitted."}],"words":250},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue and periodically review a rule on interconnection queues that lets transmission providers propose moving new dispatchable power projects to higher queue positions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}]},"core_areas":["Electric grid interconnection queue procedures","Prioritization of dispatchable power generation projects"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking within 90 days of enactment on procedures for processing interconnection requests for new dispatchable power projects.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}},{"text":"Requires the rulemaking to amend the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures and, as appropriate, the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, to let transmission providers propose higher interconnection queue positions for new dispatchable power projects.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}},{"text":"Requires each proposal to include a demonstration of need for prioritization and a description of how prioritization will improve grid reliability or grid resilience.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}},{"text":"Requires transmission providers to offer public comment and stakeholder engagement before submitting a proposal, and to report regularly to the Commission on grid reliability and grid resilience.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission to review and approve or deny a proposal within 60 days after it is submitted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission to promulgate final regulations within 180 days of enactment and to review, and if necessary update, them at least once every 5 years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh#HAEB6FAB99A17401B8E6EE0B52A780B2A"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-09-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1047/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-1047.png","v":"2f97c50fc6ed","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1047, 119th Congress: GRID Power Act. House: 216 Yea, 206 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Sep 2025."}}