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Bill · 119th Congress

H.R. 6633

High-Capacity Grid Act

Passed HouseIntroduced Dec 11, 2025Topic: Energy →
  1. 01 Introduced
  2. 02 Committee
  3. 03 Passed House
  4. 04 Passed Senate
  5. 05 To President
  6. 06 Law

Latest action · Sep 16, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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What this bill 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 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.

Congressional Research Service · Introduced in House · Dec 11, 2025

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Timeline

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

Cosponsors

4 members

Details

Related bills

None listed

Cost estimates · Congressional Budget Office

Subject tags · 6

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