HR 3616 · 119th Congress · Energy

Reliable Power Act

Introduced 2025-05-29· Sponsored by Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2025-12-18)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2025-12-17
Roll #347
Yea 225Nay 203
Democrats
7 Yea·203 Nay
Republicans
218 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2025-12-17
Roll #347
Yea 225Nay 203
Democrats
7 Yea·203 Nay
Republicans
218 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Reliable Power Act This bill directs the electric reliability organization (i.e., the North American Electric Reliability Corporation) to conduct annual long-term assessments of the reliability of electric power in the bulk-power system. It also establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review federal regulations before they are finalized if the electric reliability organization finds that the system is at risk of not having sufficient electric generation to maintain reliability. If the electric reliability organization finds that the system does not have sufficient generation to maintain reliability, it must notify FERC that the bulk-power system is in a state of generation inadequacy. FERC must then notify the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other appropriate federal agencies of the generation inadequacy. Upon receiving the notice, the federal agency must provide proposed regulations that affect any generation resource in the bulk-power system to FERC for review and comment. If applicable, FERC must provide recommendations to modify the regulations. Federal agencies may not finalize such a regulation …

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H.R. 3616, Reliable Power Act

Aug 15, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 25, 2025

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans