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HOUSE 6633119th CongressForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

High-Capacity Grid Act

Last Action
6/24/2026

Actions

  • 2026-09-16Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2026-09-15Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2026-09-15On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5662)
  • 2026-09-15Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  • 2026-09-15DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6633.
  • 2026-09-15Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5662-5663)
  • 2026-09-15Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2026-09-14Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
  • 2026-09-14Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.
  • 2026-09-14Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.
  • 2026-07-21Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
  • 2026-07-21Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • 2026-07-20Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • 2026-06-24Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • 2026-06-24Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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CRS Summary

As of 2025-12-11 (00)

High-Capacity Grid Act

This bill requires public electric utilities to use the best-available transmission conductor for certain interstate transmission lines (i.e., power lines) in order to recover the costs of the conductor through consumers' electric bills.

Specifically, in any filing seeking to recover the costs of a transmission conductor for the transmission line and in any proceeding to determine if the costs may be recovered through rates, the bill directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to presume that (1) the use of a best-available transmission conductor is a prudent practice and that the associated costs are just and reasonable, and (2) the use of a transmission conductor that is not a best-available transmission conductor is not prudent and that the associated costs are not just and reasonable.

A best-available transmission conductor is a conductor that (1) provides the greatest feasible and commercially available energy-carrying capacity at a given voltage level, (2) provides the highest feasible and commercially available electrical efficiency at that voltage level, and (3) mitigates thermal sag (drooping of power lines) at the maximum rated transmission-carrying capacity of the facility.

The bill applies to projects to (1) construct new transmission facilities; or (2) modify, upgrade, or replace an existing transmission line.

Cosponsors (4)

  • Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ)
  • Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
  • Jefferson Shreve (R-IN)
  • Robert Wittman (R-VA)

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy prices
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Technology assessment
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