Chris Wright, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
On November 20, 2025, the Secretary
of Energy announced an organizational realignment of the Department. Changes include renaming the Loan Program Office to the Office of Energy Dominance Financing and the creation of the Office
of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, which absorbed many of the functions of the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and
Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains. The reorganization also established new
offices focused on fusion and on artificial intelligence and quantum technologies.
Subcommittee on Energy hearing to receive testimony on pending legislation.
Bills:
S. 465, Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable Power Act (GRID Power Act), A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes. Hoeven & Young
S. 1327, Advancing Grid-Enhancing Technologies Act, A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a shared savings incentive to return a portion of the savings attributable to an investment in grid-enhancing technology to the developer of that grid-enhancing technology, and for other purposes. Welch & King
S. 3034, Reliable Power Act, A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system, and for other purposes. Cotton
S. 3192, Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy Act (REDUCE Act), A bill to require Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit to organized wholesale electric markets bids that aggregate demand flexibility of customers of certain utilities, and for other purposes. Durbin
S. 3269, Liquid Cooling for AI Act, A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a technology assessment focused on liquid cooling systems for artificial intelligence compute clusters and high-performance computing facilities, and for other purposes. McCormick, Coons, Budd, Schiff
S. 3947, Reconductoring Existing Wires for Infrastructure Reliability and Expansion Ac (REWIRE Act), A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to establish a categorical exclusion for reconductoring within existing rights-of-way, and for other purposes. McCormick, Welch
Witnesses
David L. Morenoff, Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Kal Ayoub, Director, Office of Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission