Should the Senate require FERC to move fossil fuel and other dispatchable power projects up the grid connection line?
GRID Power Act (S. 465)
Power plants that can supply steady, forecastable electricity, such as fossil fuel plants, could move up the line to connect to the electric grid.
- Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a rule on interconnection requests and review it periodically
- Rule must help new dispatchable projects connect to the grid quickly, cost-effectively, and reliably
- Lets transmission providers propose giving these projects higher spots in their interconnection queue