POWER Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025Latest action Jan 16, 2025Emergency Management

Plain-English summary

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.

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People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Walter Michael Ezell

Cosponsor · Republican · MS

Valerie Hoyle

Sponsor · Democratic · OR

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

Emergency ManagementElectric power generation and transmission

Sources & text

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