S 1429 · in committee · significant
POWER Act of 2025
- climate
What this bill does
- Electric utilities can combine hazard mitigation work with power restoration when receiving federal emergency assistance.
- Utilities recovering from power outages and FEMA Public Assistance recipients are affected.
- No new funding mechanism specified; allows dual assistance eligibility under existing FEMA programs.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would allowing utilities to combine hazard mitigation with power restoration affect the timeline and cost of getting electricity back to communities after disasters?
- 02
What safeguards would prevent utilities from using federal emergency funds to finance mitigation projects they would otherwise fund themselves?
- 03
Which communities might benefit most from this dual-assistance approach, and could it create disparities between well-resourced and under-resourced utility systems?
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Sponsor · R-OK
James Lankford
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
6/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-04-10
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-10 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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