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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6177 
To modernize and standardize the manner in which information and data 
is reported to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Mr. CASTEN (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 
MOULTON, and Mr. FOSTER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To modernize and standardize the manner in which informa-
tion and data is reported to the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission, and for other purposes. 
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 Research and 
Development Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF REPORTING INFORMATION 
AND DATA UNDER THE FEDERAL POWER ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall, by rule, 
modernize and standardize the manner in which informa-
tion and data are reported, by transmitting utilities and 
Transmission Organizations, to the Commission under the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 972 et seq.) in accordance 
with this section. 
(b) CONTENT OF REPORTS REQUIREMENTS.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Commission shall require the 
information and data that will be reported, as it applies 
to projects, existing assets, or systems owned or operated 
by a transmitting utility or Transmission Organization, to 
include the following: 
(1) Information and data relating to a project 
and the lifecycle of such project, including— 
(A) project milestones, including proposed, 
approved, and actual in-service dates; 
(B) project classification information, in-
cluding whether the project represents new con-
struction, an upgrade, or a rebuild of existing 
infrastructure; 
(C) major development history, including 
original construction and last major upgrade 
dates; 
(D) the location of any applicable project; 
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(E) the project nameplate capacity, length, 
and voltage; and 
(F) an identification of the applicable plan-
ning process through which the applicable 
project originated. 
(2) The costs and economic justifications of a 
project, existing asset, or system owned or operated 
by a transmitting utility or Transmission Organiza-
tion, as applicable, including— 
(A) original projected and actual final 
costs of all new projects; 
(B) original projected and actual final 
costs of renewals and replacements of project 
works; 
(C) original projected and actual mainte-
nance and operations expenses of the projects 
and existing assets on a current-year and five- 
year rolling average basis; 
(D) cost allocation shares where applicable, 
including identification of entities responsible 
for shared investments in projects; 
(E) cost-benefit analyses of projects; 
(F) whether the project was subject to a 
competitive solicitation process and, if applica-
ble, the outcome of that process; and 
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(G) classification of the project based on 
benefits provided, under the relevant trans-
mission planning framework. 
(3) The capital structure and the rate of return 
of a project, existing asset, or system owned or oper-
ated by a transmitting utility or Tranmission Orga-
nization, including— 
(A) the allowed return on equity, return on 
debt, and return on preferred stock; 
(B) the authorized or actual capital struc-
ture, including the percentage of debt, equity, 
and preferred stock used in ratemaking; 
(C) the resulting overall weighted average 
rate of return; 
(D) any Commission-approved incentive 
adders applied to the base return on equity, in-
cluding rationale and duration; and 
(E) where applicable, information nec-
essary to assess potential double leveraging ef-
fects arising from a holding company structure, 
as defined by the Commission. 
(4) For information and data relating to a sys-
tem owned or operated by a transmitting utility or 
Transmission Organization, as applicable, conges-
tion-related costs or the costs incurred by rate-
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