Advancing GETs Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced
Summary
Would create a nationwide shared‑savings incentive for grid‑enhancing technologies to speed deployment and capture transmission savings. It also would require new congestion‑cost reporting and direct the Department of Energy to publish guidance and a project clearinghouse.
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- Developers: Would let a GET developer who pays to install equipment or software receive a uniform incentive equal to 10 to 25 percent of the savings their investment produces. The incentive would be recovered over 3 years and applies only if expected 3‑year savings are at least four times the investment cost.
- Grid operators and customers: Would require annual reporting of congestion‑management costs and constraints, including any constraint causing more than $500,000 in costs, plus a public, annually updated map of congestion costs. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would set a universal metric and reporting protocol within 18 months.
- Utilities and project-builders: Would require the Secretary of Energy to publish an application guide, offer technical help on request, and host a clearinghouse of completed GET projects to share lessons learned.
*Would authorize about $5.0 million for fiscal year 2025 and $1.0 million annually from 2026 through 2036, totaling roughly $16.0 million in federal spending.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Public map and reports on grid congestion
FERC would set a standard way to measure and report grid congestion within 18 months. One year after that rule takes effect, grid operators would file yearly reports. Any constraint causing over $500,000 in costs would need its cause and the next limiting component and rating listed, plus any planned fix. FERC and DOE would create a national congestion-cost map and update it each year. The data and map would be public on both agencies’ websites.
Incentives and help for grid upgrade developers
Within 18 months, FERC would set a shared-savings payment for grid-upgrade developers: one uniform rate between 10% and 25%, paid over 3 years. A project would qualify only if expected 3-year savings are at least four times its cost, including permitting and installation; it could apply to upgrades on new or existing lines. The rule would exclude tech already installed, add consumer protections, and be reviewed 7–10 years after it starts with public input. The bill defines eligible tech as added hardware or software that boosts capacity, efficiency, reliability, resilience, or safety. DOE would publish an application guide within 18 months, update it yearly, give technical help, and host a project clearinghouse, with $5 million for 2025 and $1 million each year from 2026–2036.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Schrier
WA • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/8/2025
Auchincloss
MA • D
Sponsored 4/24/2025
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 5/7/2026
Roll Call Votes
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