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Adds a new paragraph (22) to subsection (d) establishing a new PURPA standard titled 'Ensuring electric reliability with reliable generation facilities' and defining 'reliable generation facility' with specified operational and fuel/contractual characteristics.
Amends section 112 by adding time-specific obligations for State regulatory authorities and nonregulated electric utilities to consider and determine whether to implement the new paragraph (22) standard, makes conforming edits in subsection (c), and adds an exceptions clause for States with prior actions.
Amends Section 124 by inserting additional text (the bill text indicates an insertion but the specific insertion point and inserted text are not provided in the section excerpt).
Requires utilities that use integrated resource planning to include a new 10-year reliability standard and directs States and nonregulated utilities to consider and adopt (or decline) that standard within set timeframes. It defines a “reliable generation facility” by technical criteria—30 days continuous generation on stored or contracted fuel, operation in emergencies and severe weather, and provision of frequency and voltage support—and adds a limited exception for States that already addressed the matter before enactment.
The change amends the planning requirements in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act so integrated resource plans must account for multi-year reliability measures, and it establishes deadlines and procedural steps for State regulatory bodies and nonregulated utilities to respond to the new standard.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced May 1, 2025 by Gabe Evans · Last progress May 1, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House