Bill Detail

S. 1429

Congress: 119

Title

POWER Act of 2025

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.

Sponsor

Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Status as of Jun 28, 2:36 PM · synced 1d ago

Introduced

2025-04-10

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