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H.R. 9332119th Congress
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FERC would form regional boards to develop best practices for electric load forecasting, then require states to review them.
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The bill directs FERC to create regional boards of state utility regulators and a FERC representative to study best practices for forecasting electricity demand, including affordability, reliability, data accuracy, and large-customer requests. FERC must report findings to Congress within a year, after which the boards would disband. It also amends federal energy laws so state regulators must review and consider these standards, and so state conservation plans address forecasting accuracy and transparency.
State utility regulators, electric utility companies, and FERC are directly affected; electricity customers, including those served by grids facing new demand from large industrial users, are indirectly affected.
The changes could alter how utilities plan for demand, particularly as large power users like data centers and factories increase pressure on the electric grid.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.