HR3616Passed House
Reliable Power Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-05-29
Introduced
20
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Troy Balderson
Republican · OH · Representative
Votes with party: 98.2% (545 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/B001306
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (20)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)Original· 2025-05-29
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14)Original· 2025-05-29
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)· 2025-06-17
- Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1)· 2025-06-20
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)· 2025-06-20
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)· 2025-06-23
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)· 2025-06-24
- John Joyce (R-PA-13)· 2025-06-24
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)· 2025-06-24
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23)· 2025-06-24
- Troy Downing (R-MT-2)· 2025-06-24
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)· 2025-06-25
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8)· 2025-06-25
- Tim Moore (R-NC-14)· 2025-06-27
- Richard Hudson (R-NC-9)· 2025-06-30
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9)· 2025-07-02
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1)· 2025-07-10
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)· 2025-07-10
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)· 2025-07-21
- Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3)· 2025-07-22
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-12-18
Source: Congress.gov
Plain-English Summary
Reliable Power Act This bill directs the electric reliability organization (i.e., the North American Electric Reliability Corporation) to conduct annual long-term assessments of the reliability of electric power in the bulk-power system. It also establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review federal regulations before they are finalized if the electric reliability organization finds that the system is at risk of not having sufficient electric generation to maintain reliability. If the electric reliability organization finds that the system does not have sufficient generation to maintain reliability, it must notify FERC that the bulk-power system is in a state of generation inadequacy. FERC must then notify the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other appropriate federal agencies of the generation inadequacy. Upon receiving the notice, the federal agency must provide proposed regulations that affect any generation resource in the bulk-power system to FERC for review and comment. If applicable, FERC must provide recommendations to modify the regulations. Federal agencies may not finalize such a regulation until FERC finds that it will not be likely to have a significant negative impact on the ability of the bulk-power system to supply sufficient electric energy necessary to maintain an adequate level of reliability.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
How Congress Voted
Roll Call #337
PassedParty-Line Vote2025-12-16 · HouseOn Ordering the Previous Question
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 4776) the SPEED Act; (H.R. 1366) the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act: (H.R. 845) the Pet and Livestock Protection Act; (H.R. 3616) the Reliable Power Act; (H.R. 3632) the Power Plant Reliability Act; and (H.R. 4371) the Kayla Hamilton Act
D: 0 Yes / 207 NoR: 215 Yes / 0 No
Total: 215 Yes / 207 No / 11 Not Voting
Broke With Party (4)
Committee Members Who Voted (842)
Full Vote Breakdown (431 members)
Yes (213)
No (207)
Not Voting / Present (11)
Roll Call #338
PassedParty-Line Vote2025-12-16 · HouseOn Agreeing to the Resolution
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 4776) the SPEED Act; (H.R. 1366) the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act: (H.R. 845) the Pet and Livestock Protection Act; (H.R. 3616) the Reliable Power Act; (H.R. 3632) the Power Plant Reliability Act; and (H.R. 4371) the Kayla Hamilton Act
D: 0 Yes / 207 NoR: 215 Yes / 2 No
Total: 215 Yes / 209 No / 9 Not Voting
Broke With Party (4)
Committee Members Who Voted (842)
Full Vote Breakdown (431 members)
Yes (213)
No (209)
Not Voting / Present (9)
Who Funded the Votes?
Campaign-finance totals by industry, sourced from FEC filings, joined to vote positions from Congress.gov.
Who Funded the Votes?
Total campaign dollars received by members voting Yes vs No, grouped by industry sector.
Voted Yes
$2.2Macross 213 members
Conservative Groups$1.0M
48% of this group's total
Crypto & Digital Assets$920K
43% of this group's total
Veterans$138K
6% of this group's total
Real Estate$48K
2% of this group's total
Progressive Groups$26K
1% of this group's total
Voted No
$342Kacross 207 members
Progressive Groups$167K
49% of this group's total
Climate & Environment$75K
22% of this group's total
Crypto & Digital Assets$55K
16% of this group's total
Veterans$40K
12% of this group's total
Labor Unions$5K
1% of this group's total
Subjects
Energy
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