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H.R. 1047 · 119th Congress

GRID Power Act

Passed HouseEnergy
IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
Passed HouseSep 18, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Passed House. Latest step, Sep 19, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The House passed it 216–206. All 4 of Iowa's representatives voted yes in the House. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 2 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 1047 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 2 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as sent to the Senate (Sep 19, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Definitions
  • Sec. 3 Rulemaking to improve interconnection queue flexibility
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    What it does

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    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.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 6, 2025).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. Sep 19, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.Senate
    2. Sep 18, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.House floor actions
    3. Sep 18, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 206 (Roll no. 279). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4433) Roll call recordHouse floor actions
    4. Sep 18, 2025Passed/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) Roll call recordLibrary of Congress
    5. Sep 18, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4444)House floor actions
    6. Sep 18, 2025POSTPONED 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 floor actions
    7. Sep 18, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.House floor actions
    8. Sep 18, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1047.House floor actions
    9. Sep 18, 2025Rule 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 floor actions
    10. Sep 18, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4433)House floor actions
    11. Sep 15, 2025Rules 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 floor actions
    12. Sep 15, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 251.House floor actions
    13. Sep 15, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-295.House floor actions
    14. Sep 15, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-295.Library of Congress
    15. Jun 25, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.House committee actions
    16. Jun 25, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldHouse committee actions
    17. Jun 5, 2025Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.House committee actions
    18. Jun 5, 2025Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldHouse committee actions
    19. Jun 3, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.House committee actions
    20. Feb 6, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.House floor actions
    21. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
    22. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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    Recorded votes

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    1. Sep 18, 2025 · HousePassed 216–206
      Iowa: Randy Feenstra yes, Ashley Hinson yes, Mariannette Miller-Meeks yes, Zachary Nunn yes
      On Passage · needed a majority
      R 211 yes, 1 noD 5 yes, 205 noEach member · Record

    Cosponsors

    • Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL-12
    • Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. R-PA-8
    • Neal P. Dunn R-FL-2
    • Julie Fedorchak R-ND-At Large
    • H. Morgan Griffith R-VA-9
    • Diana Harshbarger R-TN-1
    • Richard Hudson R-NC-9
    • John Joyce R-PA-13
    • Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY-23
    • Michael Lawler R-NY-17
    • Tracey Mann R-KS-1
    • Carol D. Miller R-WV-1
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    • Robert F. Onder, Jr. R-MO-3
    • Michael A. Rulli R-OH-6
    • Randy K. Weber, Sr. R-TX-14
    • Robert J. Wittman R-VA-1
    • Rudy Yakym III R-IN-2