Bill Detail

H.R. 4990

Congress: 119

Title

Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act

Summary

Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response of the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Resilience Accelerator Demonstration Program. Under the program, the office must make awards to DOE's National Laboratories for projects that demonstrate innovative technologies to improve the electric grid's resilience to wildfires, such as technologies for monitoring vegetation management or enhancing the safety of first responders who respond to electric grid emergencies.

Sponsor

Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA-35]

Status

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Status as of Jun 19, 9:15 AM · synced 10d ago

Introduced

2025-08-15

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