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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2915 

To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the allocation of the costs 

of certain interstate electric power transmission lines and electric power 

transmission lines that are located offshore, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 26 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2023 

Mr. WELCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the allocation 

of the costs of certain interstate electric power transmission lines and electric power transmission lines that 

are located offshore, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Electric 

5 Grid Resilience Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF CERTAIN TRANSMISSION 

2 FACILITIES. 

3 Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et 

4 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 224. ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF CERTAIN TRANS6 MISSION FACILITIES. 

7 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION OF COSTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any entity that proposes to 

9 own, control, or operate a transmission facility of 

10 national significance may file a tariff with the Com11 mission in accordance with section 205 and the reg12 ulations of the Commission allocating the costs of 

13 such transmission facility of national significance. 

14 ‘‘(2) COST CAUSATION PRINCIPLE.—The Com15 mission shall require that any tariff filed under 

16 paragraph (1) allocate the costs of a transmission 

17 facility of national significance to customers within 

18 the applicable transmission planning region or re19 gions in a manner that is at least roughly commen20 surate with the estimated anticipated benefits de21 scribed in paragraph (3). 

22 ‘‘(3) COST ALLOCATION PRINCIPLE.—The Com23 mission shall require that any tariff filed under 

24 paragraph (1) allocate costs based on the broad 

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1 pated benefits of the applicable transmission facility 

2 of national significance. 

3 ‘‘(b) TRANSMISSION FACILITY OF NATIONAL SIG4 NIFICANCE.—In this section, the term ‘transmission facil5 ity of national significance’ means— 

6 ‘‘(1) an interstate electric power transmission 

7 line (and any facilities necessary for the operation of 

8 such electric power transmission line) or an electric 

9 power transmission line that is located offshore (and 

10 any facilities necessary for the operation of such 

11 electric power transmission line)— 

12 ‘‘(A) that has a transmission capacity of 

13 not less than 1,000 megawatts; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the construction of which is com15 pleted on or after the date of enactment of this 

16 section; or 

17 ‘‘(2) an expansion of, or upgrade to, an inter18 state electric power transmission line (and any facili19 ties necessary for the operation of such electric 

20 power transmission line) or an electric power trans21 mission line that is located offshore (and any facili22 ties necessary for the operation of such electric 

23 power transmission line) that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) increases the transmission capacity of 

2 such electric power transmission line by at least 

3 500 megawatts; and 

4 ‘‘(B) is completed on or after the date of 

5 enactment of this section. 

6 ‘‘(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—This section does not af7 fect the authority of the Commission to approve the alloca8 tion of costs of transmission facilities other than trans9 mission facilities of national significance.’’. 

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