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HR 4063 115th Congress House

POWER Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of Energy to maintain a database of information on electricity outages, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 12, 2017 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Energy Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAtmospheric science and weatherDepartment of EnergyElectric power generation and transmission
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Oct 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Oct 12, 2017
Introduced in House
Oct 12, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action October 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Power Outage for Weather Emergency Repair Act or the POWER Act

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to maintain a database of information on electricity outages that is publicly accessible and includes the specific cause and impact of the outages.

DOE shall promulgate a rule to require each electric utility to report to the Energy Information Administration information on electricity outages that interrupt service resulting in a loss of more than 300 megawatts or affecting at least 50,000 electric customers.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4063: POWER Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4063/
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"H.R. 4063: POWER Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4063/.
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H.R. 4063, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4063/.
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