Directs the Energy Department to create a public clearinghouse on advanced transmission technology, offers technical help to utilities and regulators that request it, exempts related federal funding from a major environmental review requirement, and requires best practices for reducing wildfire risk from the power grid.

• Requires the Energy Secretary, within 1 year, to set up a public clearinghouse listing federal projects, financial assistance, and cost-benefit analyses of advanced transmission technology.
• Allows the Energy Secretary to provide technical assistance on request to electric utilities, transmission organizations, and state regulatory authorities.
• Exempts federal loans and grants for advanced transmission technology from being treated as major federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act.
• Requires the Energy Secretary, within 1 year, to establish wildfire-prevention best practices for utilities covering vegetation management, engineering, and operations, without requiring utilities to use them.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Energy Subcommittee

Energy