# H.R. 164 (119th): Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025

Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025 This bill authorizes electric utilities receiving certain emergency assistance for the restoration of power to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities in combination with the power restoration activities. Additionally, the bill specifies that electric utilities receiving such assistance for a facility may, if otherwise eligible, also receive hazard mitigation assistance for the same facility under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance program.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: disaster_relief. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fema_public_assistance. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: infrastructure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: unclear. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 13: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is an ordinary prudential infrastructure and disaster-resilience bill. It promotes a practical good, restoring power and reducing future hazard damage, without directly restraining a named evil or directly advancing one. Its effects on federal spending and cost-sharing are a routine governance matter rather than a clear moral wrong, so 'mixed' fits the ordinary prudential character better than a firm verdict.
Theological note: The bill concerns prudent stewardship of public infrastructure and disaster resilience, which can serve neighbors by reducing outages and damage. It does not directly address the protection of life, justice, or moral harm, so its relevance is largely prudential rather than a direct moral question.

## Recorded votes

Roll 13: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 419 · Nay 2 · Other 12.

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