High-Capacity Grid Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-12-11
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “High-Capacity Grid Act” Read the full text
Energy
What it does
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 practi
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-12-11
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-09-15
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textas published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
5
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)via CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)
7 filingsCTC GLOBAL CORPORATIONvia K&L GATES, LLP
3 filingsEDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTEvia EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE
3 filingsGOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLCvia GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC
3 filingsPORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRICvia PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
3 filingsAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONSvia AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS
2 filingsCMS ENERGY CORPvia CMS ENERGY CORP
2 filingsDUKE ENERGY CORPORATIONvia DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
2 filingsFrom 53 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (2026-09-16).