Reliable Grid Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3751 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3751 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule or regulation that restricts certain operations of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 5, 2025 Mr. Burlison (for himself, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Ms. Hageman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing a rule or regulation that restricts certain operations of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reliable Grid Act''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) reliable, affordable electricity is a fundamental prerequisite for a healthy human environment and must be a central consideration in all regulations; (2) the Administrator should prioritize the reliability of the electric grid when considering new regulations and avoid imposing any regulations that may compromise such reliability by prematurely retiring essential electric generating units; (3) NERC has already identified the threats of ``insufficient dispatchable resources'' and ``low capacity reserves'' across the United States, at the same time as demand increases from electrification, including the forced adoption of electric vehicles and the decline of reliable capacity such as natural gas, coal, petroleum, nuclear, and geothermal energy in favor of unreliable solar and wind capacity; (4) the operators of major regi