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POWER Act of 2025

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-03
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Sponsor

Val T. Hoyle
Val T. Hoyle
Democrat · OR · Representative
Votes with party: 96.4% (659 recorded votes)

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

2025-01-16

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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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Emergency Management
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