Enact legislation to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the electric grid by integrating local, regional, and interregional electricity transmission planning.

George Latimer · New York · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Enact H.R. 10539 to amend the Federal Power Act by integrating local, regional, and interregional electricity transmission planning.. Promised outcome: Improve the electric grid through more integrated transmission planning.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for New York's 16th District in the 119th Congress, Latimer was listed among the members for whom H.R. 10539 was introduced.

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A BILL To 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.

Latimer joined as an original cosponsor of H.R. 10539, a bill to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the electric grid by integrating local, regional, and interregional transmission planning.

H. R. 10539 (Introduced-in-House)
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Evidence

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Mr. Casten (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Levin, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Latimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text shows Latimer was an original cosponsor of H.R. 10539, and that the bill was introduced and referred to committee, not enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10539 (Introduced-in-House)
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To 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.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill matches the commitment’s substance: amending the Federal Power Act to integrate local, regional, and interregional transmission planning.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10539 (Introduced-in-House)
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Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall propose a rule, and not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue a final rule, to modify and augment existing transmission planning processes

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill would trigger FERC rulemaking only after enactment, so introduction alone does not deliver the promised enacted legislation.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10539 (Introduced-in-House)
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The original cosponsors of the bill are U.S. Representatives Kathy Castor (FL-14), Mike Levin (CA-49), George Latimer (NY-16), and James McGovern (MA-02).

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The sponsor’s official announcement separately identifies Latimer as an original cosponsor, documenting concrete effort in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Casten Introduces Bill to Expand Benefits of Local Transmission Lines | U.S. Congressman Sean Casten
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment is to enact H.R. 10539/amend the Federal Power Act to improve grid planning. Verified passages show the bill's substance and that its operative rulemaking duties would occur only after enactment, but there is no verified evidence that H.R. 10539 was enacted as of 2026-10-05. Latimer was identified as an original cosponsor, which supports effort attributable to him, but introduction/cosponsorship alone does not fulfill an enactment promise and no deadline has expired.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%