# 119-hr-6177: Grid Research and Development Act

119-hr-6177, Grid Research and Development Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6177
- Congress: 119
- Title: Grid Research and Development Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-23

## Summary

**Standardized, machine-readable transmission and interconnection data.** This bill would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to set rules that force transmitting utilities and Transmission Organizations to report consistent, searchable data on projects, costs, capital structure, and interconnection queues. - Households and ratepayers would get clearer, public data on what drives transmission costs and congestion losses so they can see how projects affect bills and cost allocation. - Transmitting utilities and Transmission Organizations would have to submit detailed lifecycle and cost data including project milestones, capacity, voltage, original and final costs, operations and maintenance trends, cost-allocation shares, and capital structure and return information, plus at least quarterly interconnection reporting. - The Department of Energy, FERC, and National Laboratories would build a centralized, searchable repository and an Interconnection Data Dashboard with APIs, visualizations, anonymized queue data, and periodic research on cost drivers, scenario modeling, and reforms to improve affordability and efficiency.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Public interconnection queue data dashboard: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary of Energy would require National Laboratories to build and run an Interconnection Data Dashboard. The Dashboard would show anonymized interconnection queue data, timelines, study backlogs, and aggregated upgrade costs. Users could filter by region and download data or use…
- Public searchable electricity data repository: benefit, high. If enacted, FERC and the Energy Information Administration would build and run a public, searchable electricity data repository. It would include older and new filings from specific FERC forms and other transmission data. The data must be machine-readable, use common formats, and include APIs and b…
- Standardized reporting rules for utilities: mixed, high. If enacted, FERC would be required to issue a rule that standardizes and modernizes utility and transmission reporting. Reports would be machine-readable, use standard templates, and include quarterly interconnection queue details and full project lifecycle and cost data. The rule would require dis…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6177 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6177)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6177 (as of 2026-07-23).