[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1566 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1566
To extend a program for preventing outages and enhancing the resilience
of the electric grid, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 1, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To extend a program for preventing outages and enhancing the resilience
of the electric grid, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Power Outages Act''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTING OUTAGES AND ENHANCING THE RESILIENCE OF THE ELECTRIC
GRID.
Section 40101 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42
U.S.C. 18711) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as
paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so
redesignated) the following:
``(1) CAIDI; SAIDI; SAIFI.--The terms `Customer Average
Interruption Duration Index' (or `CAIDI'), `System Average
Interruption Duration Index' (or `SAIDI'), and `System Average
Interruption Frequency Index' (or `SAIFI') have the same
meanings as in the standard published by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association
entitled `IEEE Guide for Electric Power Distribution
Reliability Indices' and numbered 1366 (or a successor
standard), subject to the condition that, in calculating each
index, all outages greater than 5 minutes, including on Major
Event Days (within the meaning of that standard (or a successor
standard)), are included in the calculation.'';
(2) in subsection (c)(4)--
(A) by striking the paragraph designation and
heading and all that follows through ``In'' and
inserting the following:
``(4) Priority; special consideration.--
``(A) Priority.--In''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Special consideration.--In making grants to
eligible entities under the program, the Secretary
shall take into consideration the scores of the
eligible entities on the System Average Interruption
Duration Index, the System Average Interruption
Frequency Index, and the Customer Average Interruption
Duration Index during the previous 5 years, with
eligible entities having lower reliability, as
indicated by higher SAIDI, SAIFI, or CAIDI scores
during that period, receiving additional weight or
consideration as compared to eligible entities having
higher reliability, as indicated by lower SAIDI, SAIFI,
or CAIDI scores during that period.'';
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by adding at the end the
following:
``(vi) The scores of the State or Indian
Tribe on the System Average Interruption
Duration Index, the System Average Interruption
Frequency Index, and the Customer Average
Interruption Duration Index during the previous
5 years, with States or Indian Tribes having
lower reliability, as indicated by higher
SAIDI, SAIFI, or CAIDI scores during that
period, receiving additional weight or
consideration as compared to States or Indian
Tribes having higher reliability, as indicated
by lower SAIDI, SAIFI, or CAIDI scores during
that period.''; and
(B) in paragraph (5)--
(i) by striking the paragraph designation
and heading and all that follows through ``In''
and inserting the following:
``(5) Priority; special consideration.--
``(A) Priority.--In''; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Special consideration.--In making grants to
eligible entities using funds made available to the
applicable State or Indian Tribe under the program, the
State or Indian Tribe shall take into consideration the
scores of the eligible entities on the System Average
Interruption Duration Index, the System Average
Interruption Frequency Index, and the Customer Average
Interruption Duration Index during the previous 5
years, with eligible entities having lower reliability,
as indicated by higher SAIDI, SAIFI, or CAIDI scores
during that period, receiving additional weight or
consideration as compared to eligible entities having
higher reliability, as indicated by lower SAIDI, SAIFI,
or CAIDI scores during that period.'';
(4) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C);
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Clarification.--In making grants to eligible entities
under this section, the Secretary, a State, or an Indian Tribe
may not--
``(A) condition the submission of an application
for, or receipt of, such a grant on the application
addressing more than 1 type or category of activities,
technologies, equipment, or hardening measures
described in paragraph (1); or
``(B) give priority or any other preference to an
application solely because the application addresses
more than 1 type or category of activities,
technologies, equipment, or hardening measures
described in that paragraph.''; and
(5) in subsection (j), by striking ``2022 through 2026''
and inserting ``2027 through 2031, to remain available until
expended''.
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