119-s1566

[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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 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

_______________________________________________________________________

 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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