Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act
Key claim: The bill would permit interstate and offshore wind transmission facilities to charge customer rates based on the estimated benefits the facilities are expected to provide.
Abstract
(HR9326 · 117th Congress) Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act This bill modifies requirements under the Federal Power Act to allow certain interstate or offshore wind transmission facilities to charge their customers fees that are commensurate with the estimated anticipated benefits provided by the facilities. Latest action (2022-11-18): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Why this matters
Benefits-based cost allocation would tie customer charges for interstate and offshore wind transmission to projected benefits, making benefit estimates consequential for who pays for grid infrastructure. The finding establishes neither actual bill impacts nor realized reliability or environmental benefits, and the bill’s failure to advance beyond committee referral means it did not enact this framework.