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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2875 
To direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-
sion, Regional Transmission Organizations, and Independent System Op-
erators, to submit a report to Congress on the reliability of the electric 
grid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. BALDERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the North American Electric Reliability Corpora-
tion, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Regional Trans-
mission Organizations, and Independent System Opera-
tors, to submit a report to Congress on the reliability 
of the electric grid. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grid Reliability and 
Resiliency Improvements Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING RISKS TO THE 
LONG TERM RELIABILITY OF ELECTRIC GRID 
AND ELECTRICITY GENERATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the Electric 
Reliability Organization (as defined in section 215(a)(2) 
of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(2))), in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission, Regional Transmission Or-
ganizations, and Independent System Operators, shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 
that— 
(1) identifies State and Federal policies that af-
fect, or could affect, the retirement of facilities that 
generate electricity, including retirement of such fa-
cilities that may occur because the costs of compli-
ance with such policies economically disadvantages 
such facilities; 
(2) describes the impact of electric utility-level 
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) com-
mitments and policies on electric grid reliability and 
whether such commitments and policies contribute to 
the retirement of facilities that generate electricity; 
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(3) identifies the estimated number of facilities 
that generate electricity in the United States that 
will be retired, per calendar year, until 2030; 
(4) describes the estimated increase in demand 
for electricity until calendar year 2030, taking into 
consideration State and Federal economy-wide elec-
trification efforts, and whether the estimated level of 
new electricity generation that will connect to the 
bulk-power system, including facilities and control 
facilities and control systems necessary for operating 
an interconnected electricity transmission network 
and electricity from generation facilities needed to 
maintain transmission system reliability, will meet 
such estimated increase in demand for electricity by 
calendar year 2030; 
(5) outlines whether the current pace of facili-
ties that generate electricity from non-dispatchable 
variable energy resources connecting to the bulk- 
power system is sufficient— 
(A) to exceed the pace of retirement of fa-
cilities 
that 
generate 
electricity 
from 
dispatchable, firm, or flexible resources; and 
(B) to meet the estimated increase in de-
mand for electricity by calendar year 2030; 
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(6) provides recommendations to improve the 
reliability of the electric grid and to ensure that elec-
tricity generation can meet estimated demand for 
electricity by calendar year 2030, as well as antici-
pated reserve margins; 
(7) identifies whether increased electricity gen-
eration from natural gas and increased natural gas 
transportation is essential to the reliability of the 
electric grid by calendar year 2030 and the impor-
tance of natural gas for electricity generation as a 
balancing, flexible resource; and 
(8) quantifies the benefits of generation of elec-
tricity using flexible resources that can dispatch on 
demand, are able to counter variations in electricity 
generation and demand, and balance generation of 
electricity using intermittent and non-dispatchable 
resources. 
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