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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Federal Power Act amendments focus on grid reliability
Fedorchak
North Dakota’s sole member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican freshman Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak, has introduced the Baseload Reliability Protection Act.
The bill aims to “amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit retirements of baseload electric generating units in any area that is served by a Regional Transmission Organization or an Independent System Operator and that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation [NERC] categorizes as at elevated risk or high risk of electricity supply shortfalls, and for other purposes.”
A summary of the legislation is available on Fedorchak’s House website.
Amendments: The Baseload Reliability Protection Act would amend the Federal Power Act in the following ways:
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Student Union 362A|Session Chair: Noah Walton
Friday, April 14, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT
Friday, April 14, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT
Student Union 362C|Session Chair: Katy Worrell
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT
Saturday, April 15, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT
Student Union 362B|Session Chair: Evan Williams
Student Union 262B|Session Chair: Promise Adebayo-Ige
Student Union 262B|Session Chair: Katie Butler
Saturday, April 15, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT
Student Union 362C|Session Chair: Mattia Zanotelli
Student Union 262A|Session Chair: Emma C. Houston
Student Union 262A|Session Chair: Lance M. Drouet
Student Union 262A|Session Chair: Evan Williams
Student Union 262A|Session Chair: Chris Busch
Student Union 262B|Session Chair: Jonathan Norman
Student Union 262B|Session Chair: Katie Karl
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT
Student Union 362C|Session Chair: John Mobley
Panel|Student Union 262C|Session Chair: Madeline L. Lockhart
Panel|Student Union 169|Session Chair: Kaitlyn Butler
Panel|Student Union 262C|Session Chair: Ivis F. Chaple Gore
Panel|Student Union 169|Session Chair: Nathan Ryan
Panel|Student Union 169|Session Chair: Jonathan D. Hartman
Panel|Student Union 262C|Session Chair: Amanda M. Bachmann
Panel|Student Union 169|Session Chair: Lane B. Carasik
Panel|Student Union 169|Session Chair: Lauryn Reyes
Panel|Student Union 169|Session Chair: Deborah Penchoff
Panel|Student Union 362C|Session Chair: Alyssa Hayes
Ballroom C|Session Chair: Lance M. Drouet
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:30AM–1:00PM EDT
Saturday, April 15, 2023|1:35–4:15PM EDT
Student Union 362C|Session Chair: Evan Williams
Student Union 362B|Session Chair: Kate Joshi
Student Union 362B|Session Chair: Christian Young
Student Union 362A|Session Chair: Kate Joshi
Student Union 262C|Session Chair: Rida Rahman
Student Union 362A|Session Chair: Caleb Noe
Student Union 262A|Session Chair: Sean Kosslow
