{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-3616","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 3616","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Reliable Power Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Reliable Power Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Reliable Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Reliable Power Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Reliable Power Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Reliable Power Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-05-29","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-12-17","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h347","question":"On Passage","title":"Reliable Power Act","result":"Passed","yea":225,"nay":203,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll347.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","date":"2025-12-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-09-17","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Reliable Power Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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 until FERC finds that it will not be likely to have a significant negative impact on the ability of the bulk-power system to supply sufficient electric energy necessary to maintain an adequate level of reliability."}],"words":206},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 215 of the Federal Power Act to add annual long-term reliability assessments of the bulk-power system and a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission review and comment process for certain Federal agency regulations after a notice of generation inadequacy.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}]},"core_areas":["Annual long-term reliability assessments of the bulk-power system","Notice of generation inadequacy to the Commission","Commission review of Federal agency regulations that affect generation resources"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the electric reliability organization's assessments to include an annual long-term assessment of whether the bulk-power system can supply sufficient electric energy to maintain an adequate level of reliability, including shortfall risk and whether more generation is necessary.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}},{"text":"Requires the electric reliability organization to publicly notify the Commission that the system is in a state of generation inadequacy if a long-term assessment finds it at risk of not having adequate generation resources.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission, after such a notice, to promptly notify the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other Federal agency it determines appropriate; each notified agency head must then provide covered agency actions to the Commission for review and comment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission, in consultation with the electric reliability organization and transmission organizations, to provide comments by order on each covered agency action, and recommendations for modifications if applicable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}},{"text":"Bars an agency head from finalizing a covered agency action until the head responds in writing to the Commission's comments and recommendations and the Commission finds the action will not be likely to have a significant negative impact on the system's ability to supply sufficient electric energy.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}},{"text":"Defines a covered agency action as a regulation that relates to or directly affects any generation resource in the bulk-power system and is under development or under consideration in a rulemaking before finalization when the agency receives the Commission's notice.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh#H6915484BF7124EC49B23452CFE58418B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-12-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-3616.png","v":"71e498323721","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3616, 119th Congress: Reliable Power Act. House: 225 Yea, 203 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 17 Dec 2025."}}