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H.R. 6633 House Energy

High-Capacity Grid Act

House Floor
Introduced
Dec 11, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Fedorchak, Julie (R-ND-At Large)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on energy and natural resources on Sep 16, 2026.

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

Cosponsors

4

Subjects

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

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    • [Referred To, Sep 16, 2026]
  • Energy and Commerce Committee
    • [Reported By, Sep 14, 2026]
    • [Markup By, Jul 21, 2026]
    • [Markup By, Jul 20, 2026]
    • [Referred To, Dec 11, 2025]

Summary

High-Capacity Grid ActThis 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.

[Summary as of: Introduced in House]

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