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H.R. 9339119th Congress
Official title: Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act
Introduced:
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The bill requires a federal study on using AI to speed up grid connections, with a report due within a year.
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The Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act directs the Secretary of Energy, working with FERC and the Electric Reliability Organization, to study how AI and high-performance computing could improve the bulk-power system. Within 90 days, they must assess how these tools could speed connections for new generators and large electricity users, current adoption levels, and barriers to wider use. A report with findings and recommendations must go to Congress within a year.
The Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the electric utility industry are directly involved; House and Senate committees will receive the resulting report.
The bill creates no new rules or spending but could shape future policy on electricity costs, grid reliability, and how quickly new power sources, including data centers, connect to the 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: 44 - 0.