Sec. 4. Congestion reporting

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Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the effective date of the rule promulgated under subsection (b), all operators of transmission facilities or transmission technologies shall submit to the Commission annual reports containing data on the costs associated with congestion management with respect to the transmission facilities or transmission technologies, including all relevant constraints. Each annual report submitted under paragraph

(1)shall identify— with respect to each reported constraint that caused more than $500,000 in associated costs— the cause of the constraint, including physical infrastructure and transient disruptions; and the next limiting element type and its identified rating limit; and each constraint that will be addressed by planned future upgrades to infrastructure and facilities. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate a final rule establishing a universal metric and protocol for the measuring and reporting of data under subsection (a). The Commission and the Secretary shall each use the data submitted under subsection

(a)to conduct analyses, as the Commission or the Secretary, as applicable, determines to be appropriate. The Commission and the Secretary may coordinate with respect to any analyses conducted using the data submitted under subsection (a). The Commission and the Secretary, acting jointly, shall— use the data submitted under subsection

(a)to create a map of costs associated with congestion management in the transmission system; and update that map not less frequently than once each year. The Commission and the Secretary shall make the data submitted under subsection

(a)and the map described in subsection (c)(2) publicly available on the websites of— the Commission; and the Department of Energy.