SPEED and Reliability Act of 2024

S. 452, the Nuclear Fuel Security Act; S. 914, The Energy Threat Analysis Center Establishment Act; S. 946, the SITE Act; S. 1043, the Natural GAS Act; S. 1111, the ADVANCE Act; S. 1399, Building American Energy Security Act; S. 1449, RESTART Act; S. 1456, SPUR Act; S. 1521, Community and Hydropower Improvement Act; S. 1548, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act; S. 1748, Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act; S. 1804, the FASTER Act; S. 2827, BIG WIRES Act; S. 2914, the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act; S. 3627, Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act; S. 3918, the Advancing GETs Act; S. 4027, Speed and Reliability Act; S. 4288, To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for more efficient hearings on nuclear facility construction applications, and for other purposes; S. 4753, the Energy Permitting Reform Act; S. 5045, Safe and Secure Transportation of American Energy Act; H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 263, Stop Trying to Obsessively Vilify Energy Act; H.R. 337, GAS Act; H.R. 762, Building Resilient Supply Chains Act; H.R. 995, Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act; H.R. 1006, NRC Survey Act; H.R. 1007, Nuclear Assistance for Americas Small Businesses Act; H.R. 1009, National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act; H.R. 1086, Nuclear Fuel Security Act; H.R. 1160, Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act; H.R. 1389, the GRID Act; H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act; H.R. 1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act; H.R. 1766, the SITE Act H.R. 2750, the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act; H.R. 3180, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act; H.R. 4045, the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act; H.R. 4528, Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023; H.R. 4689, the FASTER Act; H.R. 5075, the Ethics in Energy Act; H.R. 5551, BIG WIRES Act; H.R. 6185, the GRID Act; H.R. 6192, Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act; H.R. 6494, Promoting Innovation in Pipeline Efficiency and Safety Act; H.R. 6544, Atomic Energy Advancement Act; H.R. 6747, Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act; H.R. 7073, Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act; H.R. 7624, the Advancing GETs Act; H.R. 7171, the Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act; H.R. 7655, Pipeline Safety, Modernization, and Expansion Act; H.R. 7786, Speed and Reliability Act; H.R. 8046, To impose sanctions with respect to Rosatom, and for other purposes; H.R. 8674, To establish milestone-based development and demonstration projects relating to nuclear fuel, and for other purposes; H.Res. 124, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the expansion of domestic nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology as a viable source of power in order to promote United States nuclear energy leadership and global energy independence; H.Con.Res. 26, Expressing the sense of Congress relating to nuclear power being a necessary clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid; PEER Act Discussion Draft; Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act draft legislation; Minimum transfer capacity; Federal Power Act; Draft legislation related to transmission; Draft legislation related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Draft legislation related to public safety power shutoffs; Hydrogen policy generally; Hydrogen hubs; Electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure generally; Electric transmission policy; Clean energy issues generally; Clean energy technologies generally; Energy storage issues generally; Energy efficiency issues generally; Emissions reporting generally; FERC issues generally; ENERGY Star program; Issues related to energy grid supply chain, including transformer availability; Hydropower licensing and re-licensing; Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Implementation; Draft legislation related to cybersecurity; Draft legislation related to security and data; EPCA reform discussion draft; 2024 Farm Bill; Artificial Intelligence Issues; Data center issues; Wildfire issues; Implementation of EISA Section 433; Load growth and resource adequacy; National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors; Draft new nuclear investment accelerator legislation.

Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to renewable and nuclear energy project development (including siting, permitting, interconnection or contracting), electricity market design, transmission, energy storage, , demand response or micro grid projects. Legislation and regulatory policies impacting existing coal and nuclear power plants. H.R.1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R.178, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R.495, the REBUILD Act; H.R.891, the Energy Resilient Communities Act (microgrids/energy storage/demand response); H.R.1335, the Transparency, Accountability, Permitting and Production (TAPP) of American Resources Act; H.R.1577, the Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Review (BUILDER) Act; H.R.1713, the DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act; H.R.1766, Streamlining Interstate Transmission of Electricity (SITE) Act; H.R.2749, the Efficient Grid Interconnection Act; H.R.2875, the Grid Reliability & Resiliency Improvements Act; H.R.2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act; H.R.4689/S.1804, the Facilitating Americas Siting of Transmission and Electric Reliability(Faster) Act; H.R.5154/S.2480, the Connecting Hard-to-reach Areas with Renewably Generated Energy (CHARGE) Act; H.R.5551/S.2827, the Building Integrated Grids With Inter-Regional Energy Supply (BIG-WIRES) Act; H.R. 6474, related to geothermal exploration; H.R. 6747, the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act; H.R. 7370, the GEO Act; H.R. 7422, the Geothermal Cost-Recovery Authority Act; H.R.7625/S.3918, the Advancing GETS Act; H.R.7786/S.4027, the SPEED & Reliability Act; H.R.8085/S.4190, the Expediting Generator Interconnection Procedures Act (EGIPA); H.R.8303, the Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme Weather Act (minimum transfer capacity); H.R.8665, the Supercritical Geothermal R&D Act; H.R. 8954, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R. 9801, the GRID Power Act; S. 870, the Fire Grants & Safety Act (includes ADVANCE Act); S.879, the Energy Freedom Act; S.946, the SITE Act; S.1111, the ADVANCE Act; S.1399, the Building American Security Act; S.1449, the RESTART Act; S.1456, the Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (Spur) Act; S.1748, the Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act; S.1804, the Facilitating Americas Siting of Transmission and Electric Reliability (FASTER) Act;. S.3954, the Geothermal Optimization Act; S.4140, the GRIData Act; S.4664, the Department of Energy AI Act (interconnection queue sections); S.4753, the Energy Permitting and Reform Act.

H.R.7023 - Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act H.R.7786 / S. 4027 - SPEED and Reliability Act; S. 373 / H.R. 913 - RISEE Act; S. 649 - Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative; H.R. 178 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act; Bureau of Land Management - proposed rule Conservation and Landscape Health" - issues related to renewable energy development; Public Law 117-169 - Inflation Reduction Act" - 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Credit guidance Issues related to NEPA - Transmission and Permitting Reform; Issues related to offshore wind leasing; Issues related to nationwide permitting reform; and Issues related to renewable development on federal lands.

Client expense: $630,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Discussed industry-wide distribution transformer shortage and equipment supply chain challenges. Also discussed the need for more domestic production of electrical equipment. Discussed efforts at the Department of Energy (DOE) to address the distribution transformer supply chain crisis. Discussed DOEs final energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers (EERE-2019-BT-STD-0018) and how they were improved from proposed standards. Discussed H.R. 4167, the Protecting Americas Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act, to prevent DOE from proposing or enacting new energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers for five years. Discussed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement the requirements of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (Docket Number: CISA-2022-0010) and the need to avoid duplicative reporting requirements. Discussed support for the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program under Subtitle D, sec. 11401 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-58). Discussed support for the Department of Energy Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program (P.L. 117-58, sections 40101, 40103, and 40107). Discussed the importance of improving the hydropower licensing and relicensing process (no bill). Discussed the importance of hydropower as a source of renewable energy for public power utilities. Discussed the importance of hydropower for grid reliability. Discussed support for H.R. 4045, the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (all provisions). Discussed S. 1521, the Community & Hydropower Improvement Act (all provisions). Discussed support for S. 2994/H.R. 6653, the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act (all provisions). Discussed H.R. 5551/S. 2827, the BIG WIRES Act, to give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) the authority to require the expansion of transmission facilities for reliability and establish thresholds for interregional transfer capability (all provisions). Discussed H.R. 6747, the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 (CETA), to direct FERC to determine the existing electricity transfer capacity between regions and to establish minimum levels of transfer capabilities between each region, and to require each transmission planning region to coordinate with its neighbors to plan for the required interregional transmission (all provisions). Discussed the need for permitting reform to help expedite the siting and permitting of energy projects to meet emissions reduction goals. Discussed support for permitting reform to help expedite the construction of energy infrastructure (no bill), including changes to the National Environmental Policy Act to streamline processes but not include transmission-related language that would expand FERCs jurisdiction over cost allocation and potentially saddle public power utilities with additional transmission costs. Discussed the importance of joint ownership opportunities for public power utilities as new transmission projects are being built. Discussed how it could help reduce transmission costs for customers and build community support for transmission projects. Discussed amendment 8 to H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, which would make it more difficult and costly to permit certain electric transmission projects. Discussed S. 4027/H.R. 7786, the SPEED and Reliability Act of 2024 (section (2)(a)(D)), on the exemption of a facility as in the national interest from review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Discussed concerns with overly stringent Build America/Buy America standards in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and the impact those standards have on public power utilities ability to complete grant-funded projects. Discussed the need to increase product and asset availability, price transparency, accountability, and coordination between the natural gas and electric industries to ensure electric reliability (no legislation). Discussed how FERCs Order 1920 (Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection, (Docket RM21-17)) was a missed opportunity to deal with cost allocation issues and joint ownership of transmission projects. Discussed electric transmission costs, planning, and joint ownership, including FERCs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection, (Docket RM21-17). Discussed resource adequacy issues. Discussed Western markets. Discussed FERCs practice and procedure and generator interconnection issues, including implementation of Order 2023 (Docket No. RM22-14). Discussed power market mitigation for institutional investors (Docket No. AD24-60). Discussed APPAs involvement in the Navajo Tribal Utility Authoritys (NTUA) Light Up Navajo effort. Discussed S. 4171, the Making Pipelines Accountable to Consumers Act (all provisions). Discussed S. 3820, the Low Income Household Water Assistance Program Establishment Act (sections 2(b) and 2(g). Discussed the White Houses 150 Comeback Communities and public power utilities can better leverage programs and policies included in the Inflation Reduction Act.

S. 452, the Nuclear Fuel Security Act; S. 914, The Energy Threat Analysis Center Establishment Act of 2023; S. 1043, the Natural GAS Act; S. 1111, the ADVANCE Act; S. 1399, Building American Energy Security Act; S. 1449, RESTART Act; S. 1456, SPUR Act; S. 1521, Community and Hydropower Improvement Act; S. 1548, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act; S. 1748, Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act; S. 1804, the FASTER Act; S. 946, the SITE Act; S. 2827, BIG WIRES Act; S. 2914, the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act; S. 3627, Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act; S. 3918, the Advancing GETs Act; S. 4027, Speed and Reliability Act; S. 4288, To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for more efficient hearings on nuclear facility construction applications, and for other purposes; H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 263, Stop Trying to Obsessively Vilify Energy Act; H.R. 337, GAS Act; H.R. 762, Building Resilient Supply Chains Act; H.R. 995, Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act; H.R. 1006, NRC Survey Act; H.R. 1007, Nuclear Assistance for Americas Small Businesses Act; H.R. 1009, National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act; H.R. 1086, Nuclear Fuel Security Act; H.R. 1160, Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act; H.R. 1389, the GRID Act; H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act; H.R. 1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act; H.R. 1766, the SITE Act H.R. 2750, the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act; H.R. 3180, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act; H.R. 4045, the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act; H.R. 4528, Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023; H.R. 4689, the FASTER Act; H.R. 5075, the Ethics in Energy Act; H.R. 5551, BIG WIRES Act; H.R. 6185, the GRID Act; H.R. 6192, Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act; H.R. 6544, Atomic Energy Advancement Act; H.R. 6747, Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act; H.R. 7624, the Advancing GETs Act; H.R. 7171, the Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act H.R. 7786, Speed and Reliability Act; H.R. 8046, To impose sanctions with respect to Rosatom, and for other purposes; H.R. 8674, To establish milestone-based development and demonstration projects relating to nuclear fuel, and for other purposes; H.Res. 124, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the expansion of domestic nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology as a viable source of power in order to promote United States nuclear energy leadership and global energy independence; H.Con.Res. 26, Expressing the sense of Congress relating to nuclear power being a necessary clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid; PEER Act Discussion Draft; Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act draft legislation; Minimum transfer capacity; Federal Power Act; Draft legislation related to transmission; Draft legislation related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Draft legislation related to public safety power shutoffs; Hydrogen policy generally; Hydrogen hubs; Electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure generally; Electric transmission policy; Clean energy issues generally; Clean energy technologies generally; Energy storage issues generally; Energy efficiency issues generally; Emissions reporting generally; FERC issues generally; ENERGY Star program; Issues related to energy grid supply chain, including transformer availability; Hydropower licensing and re-licensing; Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Implementation; Draft legislation related to cybersecurity; Draft legislation related to security and data; EPCA reform discussion draft; 2023 Farm Bill; Artificial Intelligence Issues; Data center issues; Wildfire issues; Implementation of EISA Section 433; Load growth and resource adequacy; National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors.

: Issues related to renewable energy project development (including siting, permitting, interconnection or contracting), electricity market design, transmission, energy storage, , demand response or micro grid projects. Legislation and regulatory policies impacting existing coal and nuclear power plants. H.R.1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R.178, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R.495, the REBUILD Act; H.R.891, the Energy Resilient Communities Act (microgrids/energy storage/demand response); H.R.1335, the Transparency, Accountability, Permitting and Production (TAPP) of American Resources Act; H.R.1577, the Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Review (BUILDER) Act; H.R.1713, the DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act; H.R.1766, Streamlining Interstate Transmission of Electricity (SITE) Act; H.R.2749, the Efficient Grid Interconnection Act; H.R.2875, the Grid Reliability & Resiliency Improvements Act; H.R.2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act; H.R.4689/S.1804, the Facilitating Americas Siting of Transmission and Electric Reliability(Faster) Act; H.R.5154/S.2480, the Connecting Hard-to-reach Areas with Renewably Generated Energy (CHARGE) Act; H.R.5551/S.2827, the Building Integrated Grids With Inter-Regional Energy Supply (BIG-WIRES) Act; H.R. 6747, the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act; H.R.7625/S.3918, the Advancing GETS Act; H.R.7786/S.4027, the SPEED& Reliability Act; H.R.8085/S.4190, the Expediting Generator Interconnection Procedures Act (EGIPA); H.R.8303, the Reinforcing the Grid Against Extreme Weather Act (minimum transfer capacity); H.R.8665, the Supercritical Geothermal R&D Act; S. 870, the Fire Grants & Safety Act (includes ADVANCE Act); S.879, the Energy Freedom Act; S.946, the SITE Act; S.1111, the ADVANCE Act; S.1399, the Building American Security Act; S.1449, the RESTART Act; S.1456, the Spur Permitting of Underdeveloped Resources (Spur) Act; S.1748, the Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act; S.1804, the Facilitating Americas Siting of Transmission and Electric Reliability (FASTER) Act;. S.3954, the Geothermal Optimization Act; S.4140, the GRIData Act

S. 452, the Nuclear Fuel Security Act; S. 914, The Energy Threat Analysis Center Establishment Act of 2023; S. 1043, the Natural GAS Act; S. 1111, the ADVANCE Act; S. 1399, Building American Energy Security Act; S. 1449, RESTART Act; S. 1456, SPUR Act; S. 1521, Community and Hydropower Improvement Act; S. 1548, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act; S. 1748, Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act; S. 1804, the FASTER Act; S. 946, the SITE Act; S. 2827, BIG WIRES Act; S. 2914, the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act; S. 3727, Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act; S. 3918, the Advancing GETs Act; S. 4027, Speed and Reliability Act; H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act; H.R. 263, Stop Trying to Obsessively Vilify Energy Act; H.R. 337, GAS Act; H.R. 762, Building Resilient Supply Chains Act; H.R. 995, Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act; H.R. 1006, NRC Survey Act; H.R. 1007, Nuclear Assistance for Americas Small Businesses Act; H.R. 1009, National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act; H.R. 1086, Nuclear Fuel Security Act; H.R. 1160, Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act; H.R. 1615, Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act; H.R. 1640, Save Our Gas Stoves Act; H.R. 1766, the SITE Act H.R. 2750, the Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act; H.R. 3180, the BIDIRECTIONAL Act; H.R. 4045, the Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act; H.R. 4528, Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023; H.R. 4689, the FASTER Act; H.R. 5075, the Ethics in Energy Act; H.R. 5551, BIG WIRES Act; H.R. 6185, the GRID Act; H.R. 6544, Atomic Energy Advancement Act; H.R. 6747, Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act; H.R. 7624, the Advancing GETs Act; H.R. 7171, the Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act H.R. 7786, Speed and Reliability Act; H.Res. 124, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should support the expansion of domestic nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology as a viable source of power in order to promote United States nuclear energy leadership and global energy independence; H.Con.Res. 26, Expressing the sense of Congress relating to nuclear power being a necessary clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid; PEER Act Discussion Draft; Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act draft legislation; Minimum transfer capacity; Federal Power Act; Draft legislation related to transmission; Draft legislation related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Draft legislation related to public safety power shutoffs; Hydrogen policy generally; Hydrogen hubs; Electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure generally; Electric transmission policy; Clean energy issues generally; Clean energy technologies generally; Energy storage issues generally; Energy efficiency issues generally; Emissions reporting generally; FERC issues generally; ENERGY Star program; Issues related to energy grid supply chain, including transformer availability; Hydropower licensing and re-licensing; Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Implementation; Draft legislation related to cybersecurity; Draft legislation related to security and data; EPCA reform discussion draft; 2023 Farm Bill; Artificial Intelligence Issues; Data center issues; Wildfire issues.

H.R.7023 - Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act H.R.7786 / S. 4027 - SPEED and Reliability Act; S. 373 / H.R. 913 - RISEE Act; S. 649 - Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative; H.R. 178 - Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act; Bureau of Land Management - proposed rule Conservation and Landscape Health" - issues related to renewable energy development; Public Law 117-169 - Inflation Reduction Act" - 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Credit guidance Issues related to NEPA - Transmission and Permitting Reform; Issues related to offshore wind leasing; Issues related to nationwide permitting reform; and Issues related to renewable development on federal lands.

Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE