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Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 13, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. EZELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in favor of H.R. 164, the POWER Act, which would allow public electric utilities to implement cost-effective hazard mitigation activities as part of power restoration.

Public power utilities are essential in ensuring our communities have access to reliable and resilient electricity, especially in the aftermath of major disasters. Current law says that if States and localities get cost reimbursements from FEMA for certain disaster recovery activities, like restoring power, then that could make them ineligible for future hazard mitigation funds. Our communities should not have to make either-or decisions when it comes to restoring critical infrastructure in the wake of natural disasters.

Mr. Speaker, I am proud to co-lead this bill alongside Representative Hoyle, and I encourage my colleagues to support its passage.

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