Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Grid Research and Development Act requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to modernize how electric utilities and grid operators report data on transmission projects, costs, and interconnection activities. Utilities must now provide detailed information on project timelines, expenses, capital structures, congestion costs, and technical losses in standardized, machine-readable formats available to the public through a single searchable website. The bill also directs FERC and the Department of Energy to develop a centralized data repository consolidating historical and current filing information, and requires the Energy Secretary to conduct research analyzing what drives transmission costs for ratepayers, identify ways to improve affordability, and maintain a public "Interconnection Data Dashboard" showing real-time project statuses and queue performance metrics. FERC must issue new reporting rules within one year, review all filings from the prior five years for completeness within that year, and have the centralized data repository operational within two years of the law's enactment, with no specific funding level authorized in the bill.
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