Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9339 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9339

To require the Secretary of Energy to conduct an assessment on the use
of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing technologies
       to enhance the bulk-power system, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of Energy to conduct an assessment on the use
of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing technologies
       to enhance the bulk-power system, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Innovation for the Grid
Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT ON USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HIGH-
              PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE BULK-POWER
              SYSTEM.

    (a) Assessment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission and the Electric Reliability Organization,
shall conduct an assessment on the use of artificial intelligence and
high-performance computing technologies, including an assessment of the
employment of probabilistic operating techniques by artificial
intelligence and high-performance computing technologies, to enhance
the capacity, reliable operation, and operational efficiency of the
bulk-power system.
    (b) Matters.--The assessment conducted under subsection (a) shall
include an assessment of--
            (1) the potential for artificial intelligence and high-
        performance computing technologies to expedite generator and
        load interconnection studies;
            (2) the current applications, and levels of adoption, of
        artificial intelligence and high-performance computing
        technologies with respect to the operation of the bulk-power
        system; and
            (3) any technical, regulatory, cybersecurity, or
        operational limitation affecting such adoption.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the
assessment conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations
to--
            (1) overcome any limitation assessed under subsection
        (b)(3); and
            (2) facilitate the adoption and integration of artificial
        intelligence and high-performance computing technologies with
        respect to the operation of the bulk-power system.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``bulk-power system'',
``Electric Reliability Organization'', and ``reliable operation'' have
the meanings given those terms in section 215(a) of the Federal Power
Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)).
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