Summary

Requires electric utilities that use integrated resource planning to include 10-year plans ensuring reliable availability of electric energy by keeping or procuring "reliable generation facilities" that can operate continuously for at least 30 days, have on-site or contracted fuel/energy for 30 days, operate in emergencies and severe weather, and provide essential grid services. Sets one- and two-year deadlines for States and nonregulated utilities to begin and complete state-level consideration and determinations to adopt this new federal standard, with exemptions for jurisdictions that recently adopted or considered comparable standards.

• Requires utilities using integrated resource planning to plan for reliable energy availability over a 10-year horizon.
• Defines "reliable generation facility" with specific 30-day continuous operation and fuel/energy availability requirements.
• Mandates that facilities be operable during emergencies and provide essential grid services (frequency/voltage support).
• Requires States and nonregulated utilities to begin consideration within 1 year and complete determinations within 2 years of enactment.
• Exempts States that recently adopted or considered comparable standards from the timing requirements.
• Amends multiple provisions of PURPA to add the federal reliability standard and adjust timing/cross-references.
• Focuses regulatory attention on dispatchable, fuel-secure generation or contracted fuel supplies rather than solely on intermittent resources.
• Does not include explicit new federal funding in the provided text; implementation would rely on existing regulatory processes.
• Could prompt procurement changes, contract negotiations, and new reliability-focused investments by utilities.