IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1047 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 19 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 16), 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
reform the interconnection queue process for the 
prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Reli-
ability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power 
Act’’ or the ‘‘GRID Power Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) BULK-POWER
SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘bulk- 
power system’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824o(a)). 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
(3) 
DISPATCHABLE
POWER.—The 
term 
‘‘dispatchable power’’ means an electric energy gen-
eration resource capable of providing known and 
forecastable electric supply in time intervals nec-
essary to ensure grid reliability. 
(4) GRID RELIABILITY.—The term ‘‘grid reli-
ability’’ means the ability of the electric grid to de-
liver an adequate, secure, and stable flow of elec-
tricity in the quantity and with the quality de-
manded by users, taking into account the ability of 
the bulk-power system to withstand sudden disturb-
ances. 
(5) GRID RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘grid resil-
ience’’ means the ability of the electric grid to adapt 
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to changing physical conditions and withstand and 
rapidly recover from significant disturbances, includ-
ing natural disasters, cyber-attacks, and other un-
foreseen events. 
(6) INDEPENDENT
SYSTEM
OPERATOR.—The 
term ‘‘Independent System Operator’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power 
Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
(7) REGIONAL TRANSMISSION ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘Regional Transmission Organization’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
(8) RESOURCE
ADEQUACY.—The term ‘‘re-
source adequacy’’ means the ability of the electric 
system to meet the aggregate electrical demand and 
energy requirements of end-use customers at all 
times, accounting for scheduled and reasonably ex-
pected unscheduled outages of bulk-power system 
components. 
(9) 
TRANSMISSION
PROVIDER.—The 
term 
‘‘transmission provider’’ means— 
(A) a public utility (as defined in section 
201(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824(e))) that owns, operates, or controls 1 or 
more transmission facilities; 
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(B) an Independent System Operator; and 
(C) a Regional Transmission Organization. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING TO IMPROVE INTERCONNECTION 
QUEUE FLEXIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 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 dispatchable 
power projects that improve grid reliability and re-
source adequacy can interconnect to the electric grid 
quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably; and 
(2) to amend 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)— 
(A) to authorize transmission providers to 
submit proposals to the Commission to adjust 
the interconnection queue of the transmission 
provider to prioritize new dispatchable power 
projects that will improve grid reliability and 
resource adequacy by assigning those projects 
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