The U.S. electric sector would be required to better plan for power grid upgrades to accommodate the renewable energy rollout while more frequently reporting greenhouse gas emissions data to federal energy regulators, according to legislation that Senate Democrats unveiled Thursday.
The bill, called the Charge Act of 2022, aims to spur growth of power lines and infrastructure by expanding oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the five-member panel that oversees the interstate flow of power and the wholesale power market.
Clean energy generators have struggled to connect to the power grid because of a lack of wires to ...
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