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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8292 
To require a report on Puerto Rico’s progress toward rebuilding the electric 
grid and detailing the efforts the Federal Government is undertaking 
to expedite such rebuilding, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 5, 2022 
Mr. TORRES of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require a report on Puerto Rico’s progress toward rebuild-
ing the electric grid and detailing the efforts the Federal 
Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuilding, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT ON PUERTO RICO’S ELECTRIC GRID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency (FEMA), in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Energy and the Sec-
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retary of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on Puerto Rico’s progress toward rebuild-
ing the electric grid and that details the efforts the Fed-
eral Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuild-
ing. The report shall contain the following: 
(1) An analysis of the state of Puerto Rico’s 
electric grid, including the following: 
(A) A list of projects in order of priority, 
estimated cost, and estimated time necessary 
for completion. 
(B) An analysis of the measures taken by 
the Federal Government to expedite such re-
building and the effectiveness of such measures. 
(C) Information relating to the amount of 
funds that have been allocated and the amount 
of funds that have been disbursed. 
(D) An analysis of how the Federal Gov-
ernment can provide further assistance in expe-
diting such rebuilding. 
(2) An analysis of the state of Puerto Rico’s re-
newable energy generation and storage capacities, 
including the following: 
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(A) A list of current and expected projects 
focused on renewable energy generation and 
storage. 
(B) A report on the development of renew-
able energy sources in Puerto Rico, including 
projections 
for 
meeting 
renewable 
energy 
metrics established in the Puerto Rico Energy 
Public Policy Act (Act 17). 
(C) An analysis of challenges for improving 
Puerto Rico’s renewable energy capacity and 
recommendations for addressing such chal-
lenges. 
(D) An analysis of how the Federal Gov-
ernment can provide further assistance, includ-
ing funding and legislative actions, in facili-
tating renewable energy development and im-
proving Puerto Rico’s renewable energy genera-
tion and storage capacities. 
(E) An analysis of the extent to which 
FEMA funding to rebuild the electric grid will 
be used to support the construction of, or to ex-
tend the operating life of, fossil fuel generation, 
and the extent to which those assets will be-
come stranded assets as the cost of renewable 
energy continues to decrease. 
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(3) Recommendations, as appropriate, for 
power companies and governments to reduce the 
number of outages and blackouts. 
(4) Proposals, as appropriate, for legislative ac-
tions and funding needed to improve the process of 
fund disbursement for critical projects related to 
electric grids. 
(5) A plan for expediting such rebuilding by not 
later than three months after the report is so sub-
mitted. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means the Committee on 
Homeland Security, the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate. 
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