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Bars multistate transmission providers from assigning costs of State‑policy driven transmission projects to customers in other States unless the customers’ State expressly consents.
The bill protects residents from subsidizing other States’ policy‑driven transmission costs and gives States more approval authority, but at the risk of slowing or complicating regional transmission projects, raising long‑term costs, and creating regulatory uncertainty.
Residents of states that did not adopt a neighboring State’s policy are protected from being charged for transmission costs driven solely by that other State’s policy, reducing cross‑state cost‑shifting and limiting some electricity rate increases.
States gain explicit control to approve when their residents will bear costs of interstate transmission projects, increasing state‑level accountability for regional infrastructure decisions.
FERC is required to issue implementing rules within 180 days, creating a predictable timeline and greater regulatory clarity for utilities, developers, and state regulators.
Interstate transmission projects that enable large‑scale renewable integration may be discouraged, slowing regional grid upgrades and delaying emissions reductions and reliability improvements.
If projects cannot spread costs regionally, in‑state consumers may face higher electricity rates because local customers would bear a larger share of project costs.
FERC’s need to apply presumptions about cost causation and to define covered policies and facilities could create regulatory ambiguity and spur litigation, increasing delays and compliance costs for projects.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: Prohibit the allocation of costs for certain electric transmission facilities to consumers in a State the public officials of which did not expressly consent to the transmission facility, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 1, 2025 by Kevin Cramer · Last progress December 1, 2025
Prohibits multistate transmission providers from billing electricity customers in one State for the portion of costs of a transmission project that were planned, built, or operated to implement another State's policy unless the customer’s State (or a designated public official) expressly consents. Defines which policies and transmission projects are covered, establishes presumptions about who benefits, and directs FERC to issue implementing rules within 180 days.