Electricity Grid Transparency: Public Scorecards for Transmission Costs and Reliability.
This law mandates standardized, public performance reports (scorecards) from electricity transmission owners and grid operators regarding costs, reliability, and investment efficiency. The goal is to increase transparency so citizens and regulators can compare how different utilities manage power transmission, ultimately aiming for lower consumer bills and more stable electricity supply. All data will be made available online, allowing for public scrutiny of transmission fees and investment decisions.
Key points
Mandatory reporting for transmission companies: Disclosure of how much energy transmission costs consumers and how investment money is spent.
Cost control: Tracking whether non-operational costs like lobbying or advertising are being passed on to consumer bills.
Reliability improvement: Measuring and publicly reporting outage rates and grid resilience to enforce better infrastructure management.
Fair access for new energy sources: Assessing if the process for connecting new power generators is timely and impartial, potentially lowering overall energy prices.
Introduced
Citizen Poll