H.R. 1047 — GRID Power Act

Summary

Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act or the GRID Power Act

This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and periodically review a rule that revises the approval process for interconnection requests of generating units that produce electricity to prioritize dispatchable power projects (e.g., certain fossil fuel projects).

Under the bill, dispatchable power generally refers to an electric energy generation resource, such as a generating unit that produces electricity from fossil fuels, capable of providing known and forecastable electric supply in time intervals necessary to ensure grid reliability. Currently, FERC receives interconnection requests from those projects and other generating units, such as units that produce electricity from renewable energy. Interconnection requests are requests from generating units to connect to the high voltage transmission lines of the electric grid.

First, the rule must address the efficiency and effectiveness of the existing procedures for processing interconnection requests to ensure that new dispatchable power projects that improve grid reliability and resource adequacy can interconnect to the electric grid quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably.

Second, the rule must revise the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures, and the pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Agreement as appropriate, to authorize transmission providers to submit proposals to FERC to prioritize new dispatchable power projects that will improve grid reliability and resource adequacy by assigning those projects higher positions in the interconnection queue of the provider. FERC must review and approve or deny such proposals within 60 days after the proposal is submitted.

How Congress Voted

House roll call 279 — Sep 18, 2025

424 votes

213(50%)

Yea

203(48%)

Nay

0(0%)

Present

8(2%)

Not voting

Related bills

Identical legislation

S. 465GRID Power Act119

H.Res. 707Providing 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.119

Bill text versions

Legislative Journey

Introduced
Committee
Floor
Passed Chamber 1
Passed Chamber 2
Signed

Sep 19, 2025

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

Senate

Sep 18, 2025

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

House

Sep 18, 2025

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

House

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)

Sep 18, 2025

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4444)

House

Sep 18, 2025

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 1047, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Pallone demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

House

Sep 18, 2025

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

House

Sep 18, 2025

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1047.

House

Sep 18, 2025

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

House

Sep 18, 2025

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4433)

House

Sep 15, 2025

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 707 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

House

Sep 15, 2025

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 251.

House

Sep 15, 2025

Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-295.

House

Sep 15, 2025

Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-295.

Jun 25, 2025

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.

House

Jun 25, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

House

Jun 5, 2025

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.

House

Jun 5, 2025

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

House

Jun 3, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

House

Feb 6, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

House

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced in House

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced in House