S 4931
116th Congress
Senate
Energy
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Public utilities and utility rates
Roads and highways
Wildfire Resilient Power Grid Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Dec 1, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Wildfire Resilient Power Grid Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish within its Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability a grant program that provides incentives for electric utilities to reduce the risk of power lines causing a wildfire.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1