the delivery of clean and reliable electricity produced 
by those projects; and 
(7) collectively, the development and construc-
tion of renewable generation projects, energy storage 
projects, and grid enhancing technologies should cre-
ate tens of thousands of family-sustaining jobs, fa-
cilitate rural economic development, enhance Federal 
and State tax revenues, and further the timely and 
cost-effective delivery of clean, affordable, and reli-
able electricity. 
SEC. 3. EQUITABLE COST ALLOCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue 
a new regulation, or revise existing regulations, to prohibit 
the use of exclusive or disproportionate participant fund-
ing. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In prohibiting the use of ex-
clusive or disproportionate participant funding under 
subsection (a), the Commission shall, except as pro-
vided in paragraph (4), require that each public util-
ity— 
(A) may not allocate the costs of a network 
upgrade solely to the requesting interconnection 
customer; and 
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(B) shall reasonably allocate such costs to 
parties that— 
(i) use the transmission facility or the 
transmission system; 
(ii) take electricity from the trans-
mission facility or the transmission system; 
or 
(iii) otherwise benefit from a network 
upgrade of the transmission facility or the 
transmission system. 
(2) INTERCONNECTION
TO
MULTIPLE
TRANS-
MISSION SYSTEMS.—With respect to a network up-
grade that is associated with a generation project or 
an energy storage project that has a significant im-
pact on two or more transmission systems, the costs 
for such a network upgrade shall be allocated pursu-
ant to a methodology designed jointly by the im-
pacted transmission systems to ensure that all such 
costs are equitably shared by the parties that benefit 
from such network upgrade. 
(3) DETERMINATION
OF
BENEFITTING
PAR-
TIES.—In determining which parties benefit for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(B)(iii) and paragraph (2), 
the Commission shall consider all material benefits 
of the network upgrade, including— 
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(A) those that cannot be directly quan-
tified, including resilience benefits; and 
(B) environmental benefits, including re-
duced and avoided emissions of greenhouse 
gases and conventional air pollutants. 
(4) GENERATOR TIE LINES.—A public utility 
may require an interconnection customer to pay for 
the costs of construction of any generator tie lines 
that will be used to transmit power from the inter-
connection customer’s generation project or energy 
storage project, as applicable, to the transmission fa-
cility or the transmission system. 
(5) VOLUNTARY PAYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An interconnection cus-
tomer may pay upfront some or all of the costs 
of a network upgrade at the transmission facil-
ity or transmission system to which they plan 
to interconnect their generation project or en-
ergy storage project in accordance with sub-
paragraph (B). 
(B) 
REPAYMENT.—Any 
interconnection 
customer that pays costs under subparagraph 
(A) shall be refunded such costs allocable to 
other parties pursuant to the Commission’s reg-
ulations issued or revised under this section, 
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over a period that is not longer than 10 years 
beginning on the date on which the interconnec-
tion customer’s interconnection is complete. 
(6) UPDATING PROCEDURES.—Not later than 
the date that is 3 months after the date on which 
the Commission issues or revises regulations as re-
quired under subsection (a), each public utility shall 
make a filing pursuant to section 205 of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824d) to amend their inter-
connection procedures to comply with such regula-
tions. 
SEC. 
4. 
DEPLOYMENT 
OF 
GRID 
ENHANCING 
TECH-
NOLOGIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commission shall issue a new regulation, 
or revise existing regulations, to require the following: 
(1) CONSULTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to proc-
essing a request to interconnect a generation 
project or an energy storage project, the Re-
gional Transmission Organization, Independent 
System Operator, or transmission planning co-
ordinator, as applicable, shall— 
(i) consult with the relevant owner of 
the transmission facility or transmission 
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system, and the interconnection customer, 
regarding deploying grid enhancing tech-
nology in addition to, or as a substitute to, 
carrying out a traditional transmission up-
grade or addition, such as modifying or 
adding a conductor or substation element; 
and 
(ii) study the efficacy of deploying 
grid enhancing technology for the purposes 
described in clause (i). 
(B) UNCONNECTED TRANSMISSION FACILI-
TIES.—With respect to a request to inter-
connect a generation project or an energy stor-
age project to a transmission facility that is not 
connected to a transmission system, the owner 
or operator of such a facility shall— 
(i) consult with the interconnection 
customer regarding deploying grid enhanc-
ing technology in addition to, or as a sub-
stitute to, carrying out a traditional trans-
mission upgrade or addition, such as modi-
fying or adding a conductor or substation 
element; and 
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(ii) study the efficacy of deploying 
grid enhancing technology for the purposes 
described in clause (i). 
(2) DEPLOYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An interconnection cus-
tomer that is consulted with under paragraph 
(1) may request that grid enhancing technology 
that was the subject of such consultation be de-
ployed. 
(B) DETERMINATION.—The owner of the 
transmission facility or transmission system to 
which such technology would be deployed shall 
determine whether to deploy such technology, 
subject to an appeal under subparagraph (C). 
(C) APPEAL.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An interconnection 
customer that requests deployment of grid 
enhancing technology under subparagraph 
(A) may submit to the Commission a re-
quest for a hearing to appeal the decision 
under subparagraph (B) to not deploy grid 
enhancing technology. 
(ii) EFFECT
OF
APPEAL.—After a 
hearing under clause (i), the Commission 
may order the owner of the transmission 
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facility or transmission system to deploy 
the grid enhancing technology requested 
under subparagraph (A). 
(3) UPDATING PROCEDURES.—Not later than 
the date that is 3 months after the date on which 
the Commission issues or revises regulations as re-
quired under this section, each public utility shall 
make a filing pursuant to section 205 of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824d) to amend their inter-
connection procedures to comply with such regula-
tions. 
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