This Committee should be holding a hearing on proposals that could help fix the long-term drivers of the current grid reliability crisis, and make it easier to plan, permit, and pay for the expansion of the power grid.
Pallone calls for proposals that would streamline planning, permitting, and financing for power-grid expansion.
The Energy Subcommittee announced a June 24, 2026 markup of eight bills on electricity and pipeline safety, including the Advanced Transmission to Reduce Rates Act, the High-Capacity Grid Act, and the Expediting Generator Interconnection Procedures Act of 2025.
Recent committee action moved multiple bills directly aimed at transmission, grid capacity, and generator interconnection, but the notice does not itself show a Pallone-specific endorsement or vote.
Pallone urged FERC to approve PJM's price-cap extension and said PJM had fallen behind in connecting new sources of energy generation to the grid; he called for longer-term reforms to stabilize the electricity system.
This is direct, official evidence that Pallone favors faster grid interconnection and additional reforms to address electricity-system bottlenecks, which is supportive but not a complete grid-planning or permitting victory.
Pallone urged FERC to approve PJM's price-cap filing and wrote that PJM's antiquated processes for interconnecting new sources of power to the grid will prevent significant amounts of electricity from coming online by the end of the decade.
Direct official evidence that Pallone identified interconnection delays as a grid bottleneck and pressed FERC for immediate action while longer-term electricity-system reforms are debated. This supports effort and partial alignment, not complete delivery by itself.
The House Clerk records H.R. 3684 as passed on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment, 228-206, and lists Pallone, Democratic, New Jersey, as voting Yea.
Pallone voted for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, an enacted law containing grid infrastructure, transmission siting, and transmission facilitation provisions. This is concrete legislative action toward the promise.
The law includes Division D, Title I, Grid Infrastructure and Resiliency, with sections on siting of interstate electric transmission facilities and a Transmission Facilitation Program.
The enacted IIJA directly addressed planning/permitting/payment barriers for grid expansion through federal energy-grid and transmission provisions, supporting partial delivery when paired with Pallone's yea vote.
Section 40106 establishes a Transmission Facilitation Program under which the Secretary shall facilitate the construction of electric power transmission lines and related facilities.
This is enacted federal authority to help pay for and facilitate new or expanded transmission lines, but it does not prove Pallone alone delivered the broader promise.
The House Clerk records H.R. 5376 as passed on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment, 220-207, and lists Pallone, Democratic, New Jersey, as voting Yea.
Pallone voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which enacted transmission financing, siting grants, and transmission planning funding. This is concrete legislative support for the promise.
Section 50151 appropriates $2,000,000,000 for direct loans to non-Federal borrowers for construction or modification of electric transmission facilities designated as necessary in the national interest.
The enacted IRA created federal financing for transmission facilities, directly supporting the 'pay for expansion' part of the promise. Pallone voted for the bill, but this is still partial rather than a Pallone-specific standalone achievement.
Section 50152 provides $760,000,000 for grants to facilitate siting of interstate electricity transmission lines, including actions that may improve approval chances and shorten permitting time; section 50153 funds interregional and offshore wind electricity transmission planning, modeling, and analysis.
The IRA enacted federal money for transmission siting and planning, matching the plan/permit/pay components. It supports partial delivery because the broader grid-expansion system remains an ongoing implementation challenge.
FERC described a final rule requiring transmission providers to conduct long-term, forward-looking regional transmission planning, plan at least 20 years ahead, evaluate benefits, and file cost-allocation methods for selected long-term regional transmission facilities.
FERC finalized a major planning and cost-allocation reform that advances the promise's planning and payment goals. It is a policy delivery in the same broad area, but not a Pallone-specific legislative victory.
FERC stated that the IIJA clarified Commission authority to issue permits to construct or modify electric transmission facilities in a National Corridor if a state has denied a siting application.
This official FERC action implemented a permitting-related authority from the IIJA, which Pallone supported. It helps show partial fulfillment of making grid expansion easier to permit, though the rule preserved some limits and did not resolve all siting barriers.
FERC said Order No. 2023 reforms generator interconnection procedures to reduce backlogs, improve certainty, and ensure access to the transmission system for new technologies; it streamlines the process so new generation can connect in a timely manner.
The final interconnection rule addresses a core grid-expansion bottleneck. It supports partial fulfillment, especially alongside Pallone's later FERC advocacy about PJM interconnection delays, but it is an agency action rather than Pallone-authored legislation.
Pallone publicly backed faster grid interconnection and longer-term electricity-system reforms, which aligns with the promise to make grid expansion easier. The evidence shows advocacy and related committee activity, but not a completed policy change or a Pallone-driven legislative win, so this is only partial credit rather than full delivery.
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