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Next Generation GRID Act

Introduced: December 14, 2017 Introduced by: King, Angus S., Jr. Independent · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Dec 14, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Next Generation Grid Resources and Infrastructure Development Act or the Next Generation GRID Act

This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to (1) establish a right of interconnection for distributed energy resources, (2) require each electric utility to develop an electricity distribution resource plan, (3) require each state to consider non-wire alternatives for allowing an electric utility to recover costs associated with an electricity transmission and distribution project, (4) require the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program for a distribution system operator, and (5) require each state to consider the use of performance-based incentive mechanisms to achieve its public interest goals.

What's happening now December 14, 2017

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2232: Next Generation GRID Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2232/
MLA
"S. 2232: Next Generation GRID Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2232/.
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S. 2232, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2232/.
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[S. 2232: Next Generation GRID Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2232/)
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