HR3616: Reliable Power Act
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2025-12-17: Passed |
| Latest action | 2025-12-18: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. |
| Policy area | Energy |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Reliable Power ActThis 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 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.
Subjects: Congressional oversight, Electric power generation and transmission, Energy efficiency and conservation, Energy storage, supplies, demand, Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 223 | 203 | 5 | Official tally |
HR3616 in the 117th Congress (2021–2023): Bear River National Heritage Area Study Act
HR3616 (Reliable Power Act) was introduced in the 119th Congress (2025–2027) by Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12].
On 2025-12-18: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
1 recorded vote in the 119th Congress. The most recent, on 2025-12-17, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.
No. Bill numbers restart each Congress. HR3616 was also used in the 117th Congress for different legislation.