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The bill trades earlier availability of transmission funding and near‑term construction jobs for a longer eligibility window that improves planning time and supports completion of large, long‑lead transmission projects through 2031.
Utilities, grid operators, and electricity consumers: the bill extends Transmission Facilitation Fund eligibility through 2031, allowing continued investment in transmission projects that can improve grid reliability and long‑distance power delivery.
Utilities, project developers, and rural communities: extending the statutory window gives additional planning time for large, long‑lead transmission projects, increasing the likelihood those projects can clear permitting and be completed successfully.
Taxpayers, electricity consumers, and rural communities: shifting the Fund's active window later delays when funds become available compared with the original 2022–2026 period, potentially postponing near‑term transmission upgrades and immediate reliability benefits.
Utilities, construction workers, and local economies: delaying the Fund's operative period could postpone economic activity and jobs tied to transmission construction that would have occurred earlier under a 2022–2026 window.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Shifts the statutory fiscal-year window for the Transmission Facilitation Fund from 2022–2026 to 2026–2031.
Shifts the statutory operative years for the Transmission Facilitation Fund forward by four years. It replaces the fiscal-year range "2022 through 2026" with "2026 through 2031," changing when the referenced Fund provision applies without adding new programmatic requirements or new funding amounts.
Official title: To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the transmission facilitation program.
Introduced January 13, 2026 by Chris Pappas · Last progress January 13, 2026