US Congress Senate Bill 3109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to consider (1) the effectiveness of existing planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, operational, and public policy benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; (2) changes to such processes to ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial transmission solutions are selected for construction; and (3) cost allocation methodologies that reflect the multiple benefits provided by interregional solutions.

Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019

Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB5511 (Same As) 2019-12-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3109/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3109/BILLS-116s3109is.pdf