REDUCE Act

Key Points

• This bill requires Transmission Organizations to let third-party companies (called aggregators) bundle together the energy savings of many small customers and bid that saved power into wholesale electricity markets. Some states currently block this practice, but this bill would override those restrictions.
• The bill specifically overrides any state laws or state commission rules that block who can participate in organized wholesale electricity markets, giving federal rules priority over state-level restrictions in this area.
• The rule only applies to large utilities that delivered more than 4 million megawatt-hours in the previous year, meaning it targets areas served by major power companies rather than small rural co-ops or municipal utilities.
• The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) would have one year after the bill becomes law to write and publish the official rules for how this system works, creating a uniform national standard.
• For everyday consumers, this could mean getting paid or seeing lower bills for reducing electricity use during peak times, using smart thermostats, or shifting energy-heavy tasks to off-peak hours. By unlocking demand flexibility, the grid can avoid firing up expensive backup power plants.

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