,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bf 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,welch introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend the ,federal ,power ,act to       
authorize the allocation of the costs of
 certain interstate electric power      
transmission lines and electric power   
transmission lines that are located     
offshore1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,enhancing ,electric ,grid          
,resilience ,act4  #b4 ,allocation of   
costs of certain transmission facilities
 ,part ,,ii of the ,federal ,power ,act 
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbd et seq47 is amended 
by adding at the end the following3     
#bbd4 ,allocation of costs of certain   
transmission facilities  7a7 ,allocation
 of costs  7#a7 ,in general ,any entity 
that proposes to own1 control1 or       

operate a transmission facility of      
national significance may file a tariff 
with the ,commission in accordance with 
section #bje and the regulations of the 
,commission allocating the costs of such
 transmission facility of national      
significance4  7#b7 ,cost causation     
principle ,the ,commission shall require
 that any tariff filed under paragraph  
7#a7 allocate the costs of a            
transmission facility of national       
significance to customers within the    
applicable transmission planning region 
or regions in a manner that is at least 
roughly commensurate with the estimated 
anticipated benefits described in       
paragraph 7#c74  7#c7 ,cost allocation  
principle ,the ,commission shall require
 that any tariff filed under paragraph  
7#a7 allocate costs based on the broad  
range of reliability1 economic1 public  
policy1 resilience1 environmental1 and  
other reasonably anticipated benefits of
 the applicable transmission facility of
 national significance4  7b7            

,transmission facility of national      
significance ,in this section1 the term 
transmission facility of national       
significance means-- 7#a7 an interstate 
electric power transmission line 7and   
any facilities necessary for the        
operation of such electric power        
transmission line7 or an electric power 
transmission line that is located       
offshore 7and any facilities necessary  
for the operation of such electric power
 transmission line7-- 7,a7 that has a   
transmission capacity of not less than  
#a1jjj megawatts2 and  7,b7 the         
construction of which is completed on or
 after the date of enactment of this    
section2 or  7#b7 an expansion of1 or   
upgrade to1 an interstate electric power
 transmission line 7and any facilities  
necessary for the operation of such     
electric power transmission line7 or an 
electric power transmission line that is
 located offshore 7and any facilities   
necessary for the operation of such     
electric power transmission line7 that--

 7,a7 increases the transmission        
capacity of such electric power         
transmission line by at least #ejj      
megawatts2 and  7,b7 is completed on or 
after the date of enactment of this     
section4  7c7 ,savings provision ,this  
section does not affect the authority of
 the ,commission to approve the         
allocation of costs of transmission     
facilities other than transmission      
facilities of national significance4  4