Federal Power Act amendments focus on grid reliability

June 12, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

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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:

State lawmakers across the country push for more nuclear

January 30, 2025, 12:01PMNuclear News

From lifting moratoriums to launching studies to labeling it as clean, state lawmakers are exploring ways to give nuclear energy a boost in 2025. Here’s a look at some of the pronuclear legislation under review.