Electricity Transmission Permitting Reform: Issues and Legislative Proposals

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R47627

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Oct 5, 2026

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Oct 6, 2026, 4:53 pm UTC

Authors: Ashley J. Lawson

Source topics: Electricity, Energy Policy

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• S 946A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to establish a procedure for the siting of certain interstate electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes.
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• S 1399A bill to provide for American energy security by improving the permitting process.
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• S 1456A bill to provide for certain energy development, permitting reforms, and for other purposes.
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• S 1449A bill to improve the environmental review process, and for other purposes.
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• S 1748A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interregional transmission planning process, and for other purposes.
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• S 1804A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to facilitate more expeditious review and permitting of certain electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes.
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• HR 4689To amend the Federal Power Act to facilitate more expeditious review and permitting of certain electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes.
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• S 2480A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations with respect to regional and interregional transmission planning, and for other purposes.
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• HR 5154To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations with respect to regional and interregional transmission planning, and for other purposes.
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• S 2827A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish minimum interregional transfer capabilities, and for other purposes.
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• HR 5551To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish minimum interregional transfer capabilities, and for other purposes.
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• HR 6747To speed up the deployment of electricity transmission and clean energy, with proper input from affected communities, and for other purposes.
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• HR 1Lower Energy Costs Act
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• HR 603To direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to improve interregional electricity transfer capability between immediately adjacent transmission planning regions, and for other purposes.
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• HR 2703To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes.
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• S 1327A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes.
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• S 1485A bill to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity.
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• HR 3062To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity.
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• HR 5600To amend the Federal Power Act to streamline the siting of certain transmission facilities in the national interest.
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• HR 7977To provide relief from high energy bills, and for other purposes.
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• HR 8248To amend the Federal Power Act to allow a person to construct or modify an electric transmission facility in a national interest electric transmission corridor if the person self-certifies certain information to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes.
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• HR 10539To amend the Federal Power Act to improve the electric grid through the integration of local, regional, and interregional electricity transmission planning, and for other purposes.
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