Key Points

This bill requires federal energy regulators to change the rules for how new power plants join the electric grid. Currently, there is a massive waiting list for new projects to get connected, and this plan aims to move certain types of power plants to the front of the line.
The focus is on 'dispatchable power,' which refers to energy sources that can be turned on or off whenever they are needed. This typically includes sources like natural gas, coal, or nuclear power, which help keep the lights on even when weather-dependent sources like solar and wind are not producing electricity.
Companies that manage the power grid would be allowed to ask the government for permission to jump these reliable projects ahead of others in the waiting list. They must provide evidence that prioritizing these specific projects will make the grid more stable and less likely to experience blackouts.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must start writing these new rules within 90 days of the bill becoming law. Once a grid operator submits a plan to prioritize a project, the government has 60 days to approve or deny it to ensure the process stays on track.

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Small businesses that develop or operate dispatchable power plants (like natural gas facilities) could benefit from faster grid connection times, potentially reducing years-long waits. However, small renewable energy developers focused on solar or wind may find their projects pushed further back in the interconnection queue, making it harder and more expensive to bring their projects online.

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Sep 19, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Sep 18, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 18, 2025House

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 206 (Roll no. 279). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4433)

Sep 18, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 206 (Roll no. 279). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4433-4434: 1)

The House of Representatives voted to approve this bill. It now goes to the Senate.

Sep 18, 2025House

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4444)

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1 vote

HousePassedPassageSep 18, 2025

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5 – 205 · 3

Republican

211 – 1 · 6

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Politico·Feb 10, 2025

GOP bill seeks to expedite nuclear, coal and gas projects

Republicans in Congress introduced the GRID Power Act to boost gas, coal, and nuclear projects by pushing them to the front of the interconnection queue. The bill directs FERC to allow grid operators to prioritize 'dispatchable' power plants over a backlog of mostly wind and solar projects.

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Politico·Sep 15, 2025

House sets vote on GOP pipeline, grid, coal bills

The House is slated to vote on the GRID Power Act, which allows energy projects deemed most reliable to bypass long interconnection queues. Democrats oppose the bill, arguing it lets fossil fuel projects bypass ready-to-go wind and solar projects.

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Engineering News-Record·Sep 19, 2025

House Passes Bills Aimed at Streamlining Energy Project Permits

The GRID Power Act passed the U.S. House, directing FERC to initiate rulemaking to address inefficiencies in interconnection requests. Rep. Troy Balderson, the bill's sponsor, highlighted the growing demand for power to support AI data centers as a primary driver for the legislation.

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H.Res. 707Related bill

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) 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; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.

Mar 25 — Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1131, H.Res. 707 is amended.

S. 465Identical bill

GRID Power Act

Apr 15 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held.

GRID Power Act

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GOP bill seeks to expedite nuclear, coal and gas projects

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