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Issues
Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) sponsored an amendment to H.R. 8997, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025, which would prohibit funding for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 1920, effectively thwarting regulatory reforms necessary to advance the improvement and buildout of transmission infrastructure. FERC Order 1920 will help modernize our grids and vastly expand transmission to meet the existing and rapidly increasing demand for clean energy. Among other components, the rule requires that grid operators conduct long-term planning, thorough assessments of a region’s future energy mix and demand, fair allocation of transmission costs, and identification of clean, efficient and affordable energy solutions – which will help address issues that have prevented the buildout of interstate transmission lines and stalled clean energy projects. On July 23, the House rejected the Roy amendment by a vote of 209-213 (House roll call vote 375). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.
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