H.R. 4063 · 115th Congress
POWER Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Darren Soto
- Introduced
- 2017-10-12
- Latest action
- 2017-10-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Summary
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.