The House passed a lifeboat to rescue stalled hydropower projects. (House Committee on Energy & Commerce)
The bill requires FERC to grant extensions to hydro projects that failed to start construction due to pandemic-era shutdowns and lingering supply chain bottlenecks. Now, it’s headed to Trump’s desk.
The grid impact: Lawmakers emphasized hydro’s role in delivering dependable baseload to roughly 30M homes and businesses, as well as providing nearly 40% of the nation's "black start" capacity to reboot the grid following major outages.