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POWER Act

Introduced: October 12, 2017 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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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.
 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.

What's happening now October 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

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