IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1326 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Energy, 
to transmit to the House of Representatives certain information relating 
to plans to protect baseload bulk power system generation and trans-
mission to maintain bulk power system reliability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 26, 2022 
Mr. PENCE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Sec-
retary of Energy, to transmit to the House of Represent-
atives certain information relating to plans to protect 
baseload bulk power system generation and transmission 
to maintain bulk power system reliability. 
Resolved, That the President is requested, and the 
Secretary of Energy is directed, to transmit to the House 
of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date 
of adoption of this resolution, copies of all documents, 
memoranda, and advisory legal opinions, including notes 
from meetings, memos, and telephone and electronic mail 
records, to the extent that any such one or more items 
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are within the possession of the President or the Sec-
retary, respectively, and refer or relate to the following: 
(1) How the Secretary of Energy plans to re-
spond to the insufficient baseload electricity genera-
tion and transmission described by the North Amer-
ican Electric Reliability Corporation in the document 
titled ‘‘2022 Summer Reliability Assessment’’ (May, 
2022) to ensure the bulk power system is able to 
provide reliable, affordable, and dispatchable base-
load electricity generation and transmission. 
(2) Correspondence between the Secretary of 
Energy and bulk power system operators, the Chair 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency relating to how the generation and trans-
mission of electricity in the bulk power system, and 
the reliability of the bulk power system, is expected 
to be affected by— 
(A) premature retirements or temporary 
closures of baseload electric generating units as 
a result of enforcement actions with respect to 
the requirements of section 257.103(f) of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations; 
(B) any approved demonstrations for ex-
tensions submitted under section 257.103(f) of 
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title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (relating 
to alternative closure requirements for coal 
combustion residuals landfills and surface im-
poundments); and 
(C) finalization of the proposed rule pub-
lished by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency on April 6, 2022, ti-
tled ‘‘Federal Implementation Plan Addressing 
Regional Ozone Transport for the 2015 Ozone 
National Ambient Air Quality Standard’’ (87 
Fed. Reg. 20036). 
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