GRID Power Act
Latest action (Sep 19, 2025) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Energy and Natural Resources.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Feb 6, 2025Guaranteeing 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, 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.
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.
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.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
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What Congress did
1 recordeddecisive vote
House · Sep 18, 2025
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
Who lobbied on this
8 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- American Public Power Associationno position stated
“…Discussed interconnection queue reform efforts (no legislation). Discussed H.R. 1047/S. 465, the GRID Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the…” filing ↗
- Duke Energy Corporationno position stated
“H.R. 1047 & S. 465 - Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable (GRID) Power Act (transmission and siting of large…” filing ↗
- Edison Electric Instituteno position stated
“…H.R. 1047, Grid Power…” filing ↗
- Firstenergy Corp.no position stated
“…H.R. 1047/ S. 465, Grid Power Act (all…” filing ↗
- Itc Holdings Corp.no position stated
“H.R. 1047, Grid Power Act, provisions relating to FERC reform and the interconnection queue process for certain…” filing ↗
- National Grid USAno position stated
“…H.R. 3616 Reliable Power Act (all provisions). H.R. 1047 GRID Power Act (all provisions). H.R. 3628 State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act (all provisions).” filing ↗
- Public Service Enterprise Groupno position stated
“H.R. 3616, Reliable Power Act H.R. 1047, Grid Power Act H.R. 3632, Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025 Issues related to electric transmission and clean energy Issues related to…” filing ↗
- Xcel Energyno position stated
“…H.R. 1047, Grid Power…” filing ↗
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