Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme Weather Act

Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme Weather Act

This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a rule to establish minimum transfer capabilities between transmission planning regions to help stabilize the electric grid.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8303 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8303

    To provide for minimum transfer capability requirements between 
         transmission planning regions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2022

  Mr. Casten (for himself, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Levin of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for minimum transfer capability requirements between 
         transmission planning regions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme 
Weather Act''.

SEC. 2. INTERREGIONAL MINIMUM TRANSFER CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that extreme weather is increasing in 
frequency and poses a significant risk to the reliability of the 
electric grid.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall, 
pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824e), 
promulgate a final rule that establishes minimum transfer capability 
requirements between transmission planning regions.
    (c) Electric Reliability.--Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``to enlarge such facilities or''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``new transmission capacity or''; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ``or transmission''.
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