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LEGISLATION/H.R. 6633

High-Capacity Grid Act

119-HR-6633119th CongressIntroduced Dec 11, 2025Energy
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Status
Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Other Chamber
Signed
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Sponsor

Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large](R-ND)
4 cosponsors

Summary

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.

Subjects

Advisory bodiesElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandTechnology assessment

Actions (19)

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 16, 2026Senate
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 15, 2026House floor actions
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5662)
Sep 15, 2026House floor actions
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 15, 2026Library of Congress
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6633.
Sep 15, 2026House floor actions
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5662-5663)
Sep 15, 2026House floor actions
Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 15, 2026House floor actions
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
Sep 14, 2026House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.
Sep 14, 2026House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-824.
Sep 14, 2026Library of Congress
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
Jul 21, 2026House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 21, 2026House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 20, 2026House committee actions
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 24, 2026House committee actions
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 24, 2026House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 11, 2025House floor actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Dec 11, 2025House committee actions
Introduced in House
Dec 11, 2025Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Dec 11, 2025Library of Congress
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