Connect the Grid Act of 2026

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3976 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3976 To interconnect the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to its neighbors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 3, 2026 Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To interconnect the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to its neighbors, 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 ``Connect the Grid Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Abandoned mine land.--The term ``abandoned mine land'' means land, water, or a watershed that is contaminated or scarred by extraction, beneficiation, or processing of ores or minerals (which may include phosphate, but does not include coal). (…