HR 2244
114th Congress
House
Energy
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Natural disasters
To establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve program, and for other purposes.
Introduced: May 8, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
May 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 8, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, to submit to Congress a plan to establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve for the storage, in strategically located facilities, of spare large power transformers in sufficient numbers to temporarily replace critically damaged large power transformers.
DOE may not establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve until Congress has approved the plan.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Committees of jurisdiction
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