US HB2244 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve program, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE), acting through the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, to submit to Congress a plan to establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve for the storage, in strategically located facilities, of spare large power transformers in sufficient numbers to temporarily replace critically damaged large power transformers. DOE may not establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve until Congress has approved the plan.
Title
To establish a Strategic Transformer Reserve program, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC] | Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA] | Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH] | Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX] |
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-05-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. |
2015-05-08 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
2015-05-08 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
HB8 (Related) 2015-12-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Subjects
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Natural disasters
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Natural disasters
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2244/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2244/BILLS-114hr2244ih.pdf |