Expediting Generator Interconnection Procedures Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2986 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2986 To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation and storage resources to the transmission system through more efficient and effective interconnection procedures. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 24, 2025 Ms. Castor of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations that accelerate the interconnection of electric generation and storage resources to the transmission system through more efficient and effective interconnection procedures. 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 ``Expediting Generator Interconnection Procedures Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (2) Energy storage project.--The term ``energy storage project'' means-- (A) any equipment that receives, stores, and delivers energy using batteries, compressed air, pumped hydropower, hydrogen storage (including hydrolysis), thermal energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, flywheels, capacitors, superconducting magnets, or other technologies identified by the Commission; and (B) any project for the construction or modification of equipment described in subparagraph (A) as part of an effort to build-out transmission interconnection opportunities. (3) Generation project.--The term ``generation project'' means-- (A) any facility-- (i) that generates or injects elec