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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8085 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regula-
tions that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation and storage 
resources to the transmission system through more efficient and effective 
interconnection procedures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2024 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
promulgate regulations that accelerate the interconnec-
tion of electric generation and storage resources to the 
transmission system through more efficient and effective 
interconnection procedures. 
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 ‘‘Expediting Generator 
Interconnection Procedures Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
(2) ENERGY
STORAGE
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘energy storage project’’ means— 
(A) any equipment that receives, stores, 
and delivers energy using batteries, compressed 
air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (in-
cluding hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, re-
generative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, 
superconducting magnets, or other technologies 
identified by the Commission; and 
(B) any project for the construction or 
modification of equipment described in subpara-
graph (A) as part of an effort to build-out 
transmission interconnection opportunities. 
(3) GENERATION
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘gen-
eration project’’ means— 
(A) any facility— 
(i) that generates or injects electricity; 
and 
(ii) for which an interconnection re-
quest is subject to the jurisdiction of the 
Commission; and 
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(B) any project for the construction or 
modification of a facility described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(4) INTERCONNECTION CUSTOMER.—The term 
‘‘interconnection customer’’ means a person or entity 
that has submitted an interconnection request. 
(5) INTERCONNECTION
REQUEST.—The term 
‘‘interconnection request’’ means a request sub-
mitted to a public utility to interconnect a new gen-
eration project or energy storage project to the elec-
tric system of a public utility for the purposes of 
transmission of electric energy in interstate com-
merce or the sale of electric energy at wholesale. 
(6) PUBLIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘public util-
ity’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
201(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824(e)). 
(7) 
TRANSMISSION
FACILITY.—The 
term 
‘‘transmission facility’’ means a facility that is used 
for the transmission of electric energy in interstate 
commerce. 
(8) 
TRANSMISSION
PROVIDER.—The 
term 
‘‘transmission provider’’ means a public utility that 
owns, operates, or controls 1 or more transmission 
facilities. 
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(9) TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘trans-
mission system’’ means a network of transmission 
facilities used for the transmission of electric energy 
in interstate commerce. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING TO EXPEDITE GENERATOR INTER-
CONNECTION PROCEDURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall ini-
tiate a rulemaking— 
(1) to address the inefficiencies and ineffective-
ness of existing procedures for processing inter-
connection requests to ensure that new generation 
projects and energy storage projects can inter-
connect quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably; and 
(2) to revise the pro forma Large Generator 
Interconnection Procedures and, as appropriate, the 
pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agree-
ment, promulgated pursuant to section 35.28(f) of 
title 18, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulations), to require transmission providers— 
(A) to develop and employ modeling as-
sumptions for each resource type based on ac-
tual operating abilities and practices, for the 
purposes of studying an interconnection re-
quest; 
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(B) to study interconnection requests in a 
manner consistent with the risk tolerance of the 
interconnection customer; 
(C) to select, as appropriate, 1 or more 
cost-effective solutions to address network reli-
ability needs that may be identified while study-
ing an interconnection request; 
(D) to provide sufficient information to 
interconnection customers for the interconnec-
tion customers to understand how a trans-
mission provider has implemented the assump-
tions and solutions described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (C); 
(E) to share and employ, as appropriate, 
queue management best practices, including 
with respect to the use of advanced computing 
technologies, automation, and standardized 
study criteria, in evaluating interconnection re-
quests, in order to expedite study results; and 
(F) to implement transparency and per-
formance-enhancing measures to ensure timely 
and cost-conscious construction of necessary 
network upgrades once an interconnection 
agreement has been executed. 
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(b) DEADLINE FOR FINAL RULE.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall promulgate a final rule to complete the rule-
making initiated under subsection (a). 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section alters, 
or may be construed to alter, the allocation of costs of 
the transmission system pursuant to the ratemaking au-
thority of the Commission under section 205 of the Fed-
eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824d). 
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