# 119-hr-3616: Reliable Power Act

119-hr-3616, Reliable Power Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3616
- Congress: 119
- Title: Reliable Power Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-05-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Strengthening long-term electricity reliability** is the bill's main goal. It would expand the role of the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by requiring annual long-term assessments, new data collection from system owners and operators, and a formal interagency review when the grid faces generation shortfalls. - Families and households: Seeks to lower the chance of regional electricity shortfalls by forcing annual analysis of supply risks, including under extreme weather, and by flagging regions with generation inadequacy. - Grid owners and operators: Would have to share data with the ERO for the long-term assessment and could face findings that additional generation resources are necessary to maintain adequate reliability. - Federal agencies and regulators: When the ERO signals generation inadequacy, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other cabinet agencies must send proposed rules that affect generation to FERC for comment. Agencies cannot finalize those covered actions until they provide written responses and FERC finds the action unlikely to significantly harm reliability, and all comments and responses must be made public.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fedorchak, Julie [R-ND-At Large] (R-ND), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] (R-PA), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 225 | 203 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal rules face grid reliability check: benefit, high. If the ERO finds inadequate generation, FERC would quickly alert DOE, EPA, and other needed agencies. After notice, agency heads would send FERC any covered rule that affects power generation. They must send it when it goes to OMB, or 90 days before public release. FERC would issue comments by orde…
- Yearly check on power grid reliability: benefit, high. The Electric Reliability Organization would do a yearly long‑term check of the bulk power grid. It would study generation mix, transmission plans, and demand trends. It would rate risks of shortfalls in normal and extreme weather for each region. It would say if more generation is needed and could…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3616 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3616)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3616 (as of 2026-09-10).