the full text of the bill, for those curious. It’s only five pages. It seems to amount to Congress saying, “Hey states, think about charging large-load energy buyers for the costs of incremental upgrades, ok bye”.

There’s nothing in the bill to incentivize such a move, nor is there any legal barrier to states doing that now, that I know of. It’s a do-nothing bill designed to shore up independent support for faltering Republican midterm campaigns.