HB 814 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Power Infrastructure Resiliency and Efficiency (PIRE).

HB 814 (PIRE) promotes the use of advanced conductors (lower-resistance wires) and grid-enhancing technologies to improve electricity transmission efficiency and reliability. It directly affects public utilities, electric membership corporations, and municipal power agencies by waiving standard permitting requirements for specific upgrades that increase capacity, reduce congestion, or enhance grid resilience using these technologies. The bill requires applicants to detail the costs and benefits of such upgrades in their applications and mandates environmental reviews for new projects. This policy change streamlines infrastructure modernization without new construction, focusing on optimizing existing transmission systems.

Issues: ✓ Energy

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action Apr 8, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill update adds new sponsors to the legislation and reorganizes the bill's formatting and numbering. The substantive policy content regarding transmission line exemptions remains largely unchanged, with minor formatting adjustments to definitions and section numbering.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the modifications are primarily formatting and administrative updates including sponsor additions and section renumbering.

TECHNICAL

Added additional sponsors (Representatives Zenger, Gable, and T. Brown) to the bill's sponsorship list.

Reorganized section numbering and formatting, moving the 'Grid enhancing technology' definition from subsection (2a) to subsection (2) and adjusting subsequent section numbers accordingly.

Updated bill header information including version number from DRH30319-NJ-28 to H814-v-1 and adjusted date references.

Added reference to the North Carolina General Assembly website for a complete list of sponsors.

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Committee

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

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

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Apr 7, 2025

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3 primary · 13 co-sponsors