S. 465 · In committee · Energy

GRID Power Act

What it does

Requires FERC to issue and periodically review a rule revising the approval process for generator interconnection requests to prioritize dispatchable power projects, such as certain fossil fuel projects.
Defines dispatchable power as generation capable of providing known and forecastable electric supply in the time intervals needed to ensure grid reliability.
Requires the rule to address the efficiency of existing procedures so new dispatchable projects that improve reliability and resource adequacy can interconnect quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably.
Requires revisions to the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreement to let transmission providers submit proposals.

Official summary

Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act or the GRID Power Act 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). Under the bill, d ispatchable 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. 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…

Latest action

Sep 30, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources