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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 6747 (Introduced in House) — To speed up the deployment of electricity transmission and clean energy, with proper input from affected communities,... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act of 2023 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Improvement of National Electricity Transmission Capacity Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Improvement of interregional electric transmission planning. Sec. 103. Allocation of costs of interregional electric transmission facilities. Sec. 104. Allocation of costs of electricity interconnection and network upgrades.
Sec. 105. Deployment of grid enhancing assets. Sec. 106. Protection of electricity reliability through improved interregional transfer capability. Sec. 107. Increased FERC transmission siting authority. Sec. 108. Facilitation of efficient environmental review of the designation of national interest electric transmission corridors. Sec. 109. Increased flexibility for Federal transmission financing. Sec. 110. Establishment of transmission investment tax credit. Title II—Improvement of Governance and Efficiency of the Grid Sec. 201.
Authorization to establish FERC Office of Electricity Transmission. Sec. 202. Support for FERC Staffing. Sec. 203. Evaluation of FERC fee assessments. Sec. 204. Establishment of independent transmission monitors. Sec. 205. Assurance of interoperability of offshore electric transmission infrastructure. Sec. 206. Aggregator bidding into organized wholesale electric markets. Sec. 207. Expansion of community solar. Sec. 208. Establishment of program to facilitate voluntary streamlined process for local permitting of qualifying distributed energy systems.
Sec. 209. Mitigation of the shortage of electricity transformers. Sec. 210. Study of next generation highways. Title III—Modernization of Electricity Ratemaking Sec. 301. Reflection of the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in rates. Sec. 302. Facilitation of performance-based ratemaking. Title IV—Facilitation of Clean Energy Deployment on Public Land Sec. 401. Definitions. Sec. 402. Establishment of national goal for renewable energy production on Federal land. Sec. 403. Requirement for land use planning and updates to programmatic environmental impact statements.
Sec. 404. Limited exemptions from new requirements. Sec. 405. Distribution of revenues. Sec. 406. Incentives for renewable energy development in priority areas. Sec. 407. Savings clause. Title V—Modernization of Offshore Renewable Energy Permitting Sec. 501. Establishment of national offshore wind permitting target. Sec. 502. Increased responsible development of offshore renewable energy projects. Sec. 503. Establishment of Offshore Renewable Energy Compensation Fund. Title VI—Empowerment of Communities Sec. 601.
Establishment of Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. Sec. 602. Establishment of White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council. Sec. 603. Prohibition on disparate impact discrimination. Sec. 604. Provision for right of action. Sec. 605. Provision for rights of recovery. Sec. 606. Requirement for community impact reports. Sec. 607. Engagement with environmental justice communities and Indian Tribes in NEPA Reviews. Sec. 608. Requirement of notices of intent to prepare environmental documents.
Sec. 609. Avoidance of cumulative impacts through NEPA. Sec. 610. Inclusion of greenhouse gas projections in NEPA reviews. Sec. 611. Establishment of community benefits agreements. Sec. 612. Requirement of timely public release of NEPA documentation. Sec. 613. Establishment of grants for capacity building and community engagement. Sec. 614. Establishment of fees for environmental reviews and authorizations for projects. Sec. 615. Establishment of interagency environmental data system.
Sec. 616. Transference of unobligated balances for use under the Endangered Species Act. Sec. 617. Designation of senior community engagement officers and Tribal community engagement officers. Sec. 618. Establishment of FERC Environmental Justice Liaison. Sec. 619. Requirement for intervenor funding at FERC Office of Public Participation. Sec. 620. Reform of RTO and ISO governance and participation. Sec. 621. Savings clause. Sec. 622. Definitions.
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