The bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, within one year of enactment, a publicly available clearinghouse on advanced transmission technology and allow technical assistance for utilities, transmission organizations, and State regulatory authorities upon request. It would add advanced-transmission programs to State energy conservation plans and exempt certain Department of Energy funding actions for deployment from being considered major Federal actions under NEPA. The bill would also require the Secretary to establish voluntary wildfire-mitigation best practices for the bulk-power system within one year; it would not authorize requiring utilities to use the technologies or practices.

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