Title: Grid Resilience Act
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Grid Resilience Act
This bill requires the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Electric Reliability Organization to jointly study the feasibility of establishing or modifying a reliability standard (i.e., a requirement to provide for reliable operation of the electric grid) for thermoelectric power plants during droughts.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8311 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8311

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of 
Energy, and the Electric Reliability Organization to jointly submit to 
 Congress the results of a study on the need for, and feasibility of, 
establishing or modifying a reliability standard to ensure the reliable 
operation of thermoelectric power plants during droughts, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2022

  Mr. McNerney (for himself, Mr. Levin of California, and Mr. Casten) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of 
Energy, and the Electric Reliability Organization to jointly submit to 
 Congress the results of a study on the need for, and feasibility of, 
establishing or modifying a reliability standard to ensure the reliable 
operation of thermoelectric power plants during droughts, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grid Resilience Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the 
Department of Energy, and the Electric Reliability Organization shall 
jointly--
            (1) conduct a study on the need for, and feasibility of, 
        establishing or modifying a reliability standard to ensure the 
        reliable operation of thermoelectric power plants during 
        droughts; and
            (2) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the 
        results of such study.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate.
            (2) Electric reliability organization; reliability 
        standard.--The terms ``Electric Reliability Organization'' and 
        ``reliability standard'' have the meanings given such terms in 
        section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)).
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