S 5074 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act
To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the allocation of the costs of certain interstate electric power transmission lines and electric power transmission lines that are located offshore, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Authorizes major electric transmission line projects to allocate their costs among customers in the service region.
- Covers interstate and offshore transmission lines with at least 1,000 megawatts of capacity, or major upgrades adding at least 500 megawatts.
- Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure costs are allocated roughly in proportion to the benefits customers receive, including reliability, economics, resilience, and environmental benefits.
- Applies to transmission projects completed after the bill is enacted.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Peter Welch’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $8,600
- THE OLD MOUNTAIN COMPANY, INC. $3,300
- WEST FRONT STRATEGIES $2,500
- UCAR $2,300
- MINILEC SERVICE $2,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Peter Welch → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 22, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Jul 22, 2026 Introduced in Senate
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Text versions (1)
Bills are re-published as they move (Introduced → Reported → Engrossed → Enrolled …). Each stage below is a separate text; pick two to see what changed. Data from Congress.gov.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 22, 2026
Mr. Welch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the allocation of the costs of certain interstate electric power transmission lines and electric power transmission lines that are located offshore, 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 “Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act”.
SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF CERTAIN TRANSMISSION FACILITIES.
Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 224. ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF CERTAIN TRANSMISSION FACILITIES.
“(a) Allocation of Costs.—
“(1) In general.—Any entity that proposes to own, control, or operate a transmission facility of national significance may file a tariff with the Commission in accordance with section 205 and the regulations of the Commission allocating the costs of such transmission facility of national significance.
“(2) Cost causation principle.—The Commission shall require that any tariff filed under paragraph (1) allocate the costs of a transmission facility of national significance to customers within the applicable transmission planning region or regions in a manner that is at least roughly commensurate with the estimated anticipated benefits described in paragraph (3).
“(3) Cost allocation principle.—The Commission shall require that any tariff filed under paragraph (1) allocate costs based on the broad range of reliability, economic, public policy, resilience, environmental, and other reasonably anticipated benefits of the applicable transmission facility of national significance.
“(b) Transmission Facility of National Significance.—In this section, the term ‘transmission facility of national significance’ means—
“(1) an interstate electric power transmission line (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line) or an electric power transmission line that is located offshore (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line)—
“(A) that has a transmission capacity of not less than 1,000 megawatts; and
“(B) the construction of which is completed on or after the date of enactment of this section; or
“(2) an expansion of, or upgrade to, an interstate electric power transmission line (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line) or an electric power transmission line that is located offshore (and any facilities necessary for the operation of such electric power transmission line) that—
“(A) increases the transmission capacity of such electric power transmission line by at least 500 megawatts; and
“(B) is completed on or after the date of enactment of this section.
“(c) Savings Provision.—This section does not affect the authority of the Commission to approve the allocation of costs of transmission facilities other than transmission facilities of national significance.”. <all>
Comments