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HR 8543 116th Congress House

Power Line Resiliency Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide grants to improve power lines.

Introduced: October 6, 2020 See on congress.gov
Energy Electric power generation and transmissionGeography and mappingNatural disasters
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 6, 2020
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 Latest action October 6, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Power Line Resiliency Act

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a five-year program to provide grants to electric utilities to (1) improve the performance or efficiency of a power line, (2) make a power line more resilient to an extreme weather event, or (3) otherwise ensure that an end-user has access to electricity during an extreme weather event.

DOE must prioritize providing grants to electric utilities that sell electricity in an area that has a history of extreme weather events.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3717 Reintroduced Bill Power Line Resiliency Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8543: Power Line Resiliency Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8543/
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"H.R. 8543: Power Line Resiliency Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8543/.
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H.R. 8543, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8543/.
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