HR 4990
Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act
Summary
Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response of the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Resilience Accelerator Demonstration Program. Under the program, the office must make awards to DOE's National Laboratories for projects that demonstrate innovative technologies to improve the electric grid's resilience to wildfires, such as technologies for monitoring vegetation management or enhancing the safety of first responders who respond to electric grid emergencies.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rep. Norma J. Torres [D-CA-35]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Energy
- Introduced
- 2025-08-15
- Latest action
- 2025-08-15: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-08-15: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- 2025-08-15: Introduced in House
- 2025-08-15: Introduced in House