Bill Tracker / 119th Congress / H.R. 164
H.R. 164 · 119th Congress
POWER Act of 2025
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. — 01/16/2025
What This Bill Does
Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025
This bill authorizes electric utilities receiving certain emergency assistance for the restoration of power to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities in combination with the power restoration activities.
Additionally, the bill specifies that electric utilities receiving such assistance for a facility may, if otherwise eligible, also receive hazard mitigation assistance for the same facility under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance program.
Summary as of 01/03/2025, via Congress.gov / Congressional Research Service.