North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 9 R · 6 D · 1 I cosponsors

HB 814 — Power Infrastructure Resiliency and Efficiency (PIRE).

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 07, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    3 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (9 R · 6 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

153 added · 151 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of House Bill 814 has made a few changes to clarify terms and expand definitions relevant to energy utility operations. Most notably, the definition of "municipality" has been updated to include language indicating it applies to any incorporated community, like cities or towns, which can provide clearer guidelines for how utilities interact with local governments. Additionally, some redundant language regarding counties has been streamlined, which can help in simplifying the legislative text. These changes are important as they may help improve the effectiveness of energy regulation and facilitate smoother relationships between utilities and local entities.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 814 Short Title:
814 Apr 7, 2025 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH30319-NJ-28 Short Title:
Representative K.
Representatives K.
Hall.
Hall, Zenger, Gable, and T.
Brown (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROMOTING THE USE OF ADVANCED CONDUCTORS AND GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES.
Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Commerce and Economic Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 8, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT PROMOTING THE USE OF ADVANCED CONDUCTORS AND GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES.
… (11) To promote, to the maximum extent practicable, the deployment of advanced conductors and grid enhancing technologies to transport the regulated public utilities' electric energy supply in the most efficient means practicable.
… (11) To promote, to the maximum extent practicable, the deployment of advanced conductors and grid enhancing technologies to transport the regulated public utilities' electric energysupplyin the most efficient means practicable.
– Includes any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of the route of a transmission line;
– Includes anyclearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of the route of a transmission line;
(2) The word "county" means any County.
*H814-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (2) The word "county" means any County.
*DRH30319-NJ-28* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (2a) Grid enhancing technology.
(2a) Grid enhancing technology.
Acity orcounty thatis engagedin producing, generating,transmitting, delivering, or furnishing electricity for private or public use.
Acityor countythatis engagedin producing, generating,transmitting, delivering, or furnishing electricity for private or public use.
(3) A transmission line over which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has licensing jurisdiction, if the Commission determines that agency has conducted a proceeding substantially equivalent to the proceeding required by this Article;Article.
(3) A transmission line over which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has licensing jurisdiction, if the Commission determines that agency has conducted a proceedingsubstantiallyequivalent to the proceeding required by this Article;Article.
(4) Any transmission line for which, before March 6, 1989, a public utility or other person has surveyed a proposed route and, based on that route, has acquired rights-of-way for it by voluntary conveyances or has filed condemnation proceedings for acquiring those rights-of-way which, together, Page 2 DRH30319-NJ-28 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 involve twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total length of the proposed route;route.
(4) Any transmission line for which, before March 6, 1989, a public utility or other person has surveyed a proposed route and, based on that route, has Page 2 House Bill 814-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 acquired rights-of-way for it by voluntary conveyances or has filed condemnation proceedings for acquiring those rights-of-way which, together, involve twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total length of the proposed route;route.
(3a) Descriptions of any advanced reconductoring and/or grid enhancing technologies to be utilized and a summary of the costs and benefits, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(3a) Descriptions of any advanced reconductoring and/or grid enhancing technologies to be utilized and a summaryof the costs and benefits, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(3b) A description of any alternatives, including alternative configurations of advanced reconductoring and/or grid enhancing technologies, evaluated but not selected for the proposed transmission line anda summary of the costs and benefits of these alternatives.
(3b) A description of any alternatives, including alternative configurations of advanced reconductoring and/or grid enhancing technologies, evaluated but not selected for the proposed transmission line anda summaryof the costs and benefits of these alternatives.
The Utilities Commission shall take all reasonable steps to achieve a seventy percent (70%) reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the State from electric generating facilities owned or operated by electric public utilities from 2005 levels by the year 2030 and carbon neutrality by the year 2050.
The Utilities Commission shall take all reasonable steps to achieve a seventy percent (70%) reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted in the State from electric generating facilities owned or operated by electric public utilities from 2005 levels by the year 2030 and carbon neutralitybythe year 2050.
62-3(23) serving at least 150,000 North Carolina retail jurisdictional customers as of January 1, 2021, and (ii) "carbon neutrality" means for every ton of CO2 emitted in the State from electric generating facilities owned or operated by or on behalf of electric public utilities, an equivalent amount of CO2 is reduced, removed, prevented, or offset, provided that the offsets are verifiable and do not exceed five percent (5%) of the DRH30319-NJ-28 Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 authorized reduction goal.
62-3(23) serving at least 150,000 North Carolina retail jurisdictional customers as of January 1, 2021, and (ii) "carbon neutrality" means for every ton of CO2 emitted in the State from electric generating facilities owned or operated by or on House Bill 814-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 behalf of electric public utilities, an equivalent amount of CO2 is reduced, removed, prevented, or offset, provided that the offsets are verifiable and do not exceed five percent (5%) of the authorized reduction goal.
… (3) Ensure any generation and resource changes maintain or improve upon the adequacy and reliability of the existing grid.
… (3) Ensure any generation and resource changes maintain or improve upon the adequacyand reliabilityof the existing grid.
The Carbon Plan shall require the electric public utility to produce a report demonstrating it evaluated a range of cost-effective transmission and distribution solutions, including advanced reconductoring and/or grid enhancing technologies as defined in G.S.
The Carbon Plan shall require the electric public utilityto produce a report demonstrating it evaluated a range of cost-effective transmission and distribution solutions, including advanced reconductoring and/or grid enhancing technologies as defined in G.S.
In this report, the utility shall, when applicable, describe planned transmissionimprovements specificto siting ofnewresources expected to impact interconnection constraints or other operations of the systems.
In this report, the utility shall, when applicable, describe planned transmissionimprovements specificto sitingof newresources expected to impact interconnection constraints or other operations of the systems.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref to the Com on Energy and Public Utilities, if favorable, Commerce and Economic Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  3. Filed

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 814?
HB 814 is sponsored by Shelly Willingham (Democratic), Bill Ward (Republican), Stephen M. Ross (Republican), Ray Pickett (Republican), Erin Paré (Republican), Nasif Majeed (U), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Maria Cervania (Democratic), Kanika Brown (Democratic), Jonathan L. Almond (Republican), Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Wyatt Gable (Republican), Jeff Zenger (Republican), Kyle Hall (Republican), Neal Jackson (Republican), and Charles Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 814?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 07, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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