The record

LegislationLegislation· Jan 2025
HR 164 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Val T. Hoyle (D)

POWER Act of 2025

Lets electric utilities combine power restoration with hazard mitigation work after disasters.

Tradeoff

Expands what utilities can do with federal emergency funding for power restoration. No cost estimate provided.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House 419-2 on January 15, 2025 — now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 3, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure(Jan 3, 2025)

  3. House

    On Motion to and Pass

    Passed(Roll #13 · Jan 15, 2025)

    419 yeanay 2

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Jan 16, 2025)

Passage votes so far· Jan 15, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027