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H.R. 6633 119th Congress House

High-Capacity Grid Act

Official title: To establish a best-available transmission conductor standard for certain transmission projects under the Federal Power Act and to provide for presumptions regarding cost recovery for such conductors.

Introduced: December 11, 2025 Introduced by: Julie Fedorchak Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
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Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 16, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:30 PM EDT
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:30 PM EDT
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:22 PM EDT
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6633.
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:22 PM EDT
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5662-5663)
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:22 PM EDT
Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 15, 2026 · 6:30 PM EDT
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5662)
Sep 14, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
Sep 14, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.
Jul 21, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
Jul 21, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 20, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 24, 2026
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 24, 2026
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 11, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Dec 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 11, 2025
Introduced in House
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Hearings & markups 4
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 Lobbying activity 88

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 Cosponsors 4
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jun 30, 2026
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Shreve, Jefferson
Indiana · Jan 20, 2026
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Crenshaw, Dan
Texas · Jan 9, 2026
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Hamadeh, Abraham J.
Arizona · Dec 17, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6633: High-Capacity Grid Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6633/
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"H.R. 6633: High-Capacity Grid Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6633/.
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H.R. 6633, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6633/.
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[H.R. 6633: High-Capacity Grid Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6633/)
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