S 9500 — Establishes the New York State grid reliability and energy affordability transition (GREAT) act
Congress · introduced 2026-03-18
Establishes the New York State grid reliability and energy affordability transition (GREAT) act; establishes the virtual power plant program to help reduce energy costs and grid reliability risks; provides incentives to participants for supporting the grid by investing in distributed energy resources and reducing net energy costs.
Latest action: 2026-03-18 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — sponsor · 2026-03-18
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2026-03-18
- Rachel May (—, NY-48) — cosponsor · 2026-03-18
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Text versions
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | Rachel May | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-18 | Kristen Gonzalez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-03-18 | Michelle Hinchey | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Rachel May (—, state_upper NY-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-03-18 · cosponsored by Rachel May (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-18 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-03-18 · sponsored by Michelle Hinchey (sponsor) · sponsorship