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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9300 
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 so that proce-
dures relating to termination of electric service provide that such service 
may not be terminated during any extreme heat weather event or extreme 
cold weather event, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2022 
Ms. DELBENE (for herself and Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
so that procedures relating to termination of electric 
service provide that such service may not be terminated 
during any extreme heat weather event or extreme cold 
weather event, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Unneces-
sary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTREME HEAT AND EXTREME COLD WEATHER 
EVENTS. 
Section 115(g) of the Public Utility Regulatory Poli-
cies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2625(g)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, subject to paragraph (4)’’ 
after ‘‘nonregulated electric utility which provide 
that’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘electric service may not 
be terminated’’ before ‘‘during any period’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘installments,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘installments.’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘such service may not be 
terminated.’’; and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(4) by striking ‘‘The procedures for termination 
of service’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The procedures for termi-
nation of service’’; and 
(5) by striking ‘‘Such procedures shall take into 
account the need to include reasonable provisions for 
elderly and handicapped consumers.’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(2) 
ELDERLY
AND
HANDICAPPED
CON-
SUMERS.—Procedures described in paragraph (1) 
shall take into account the need to include reason-
able provisions for elderly and handicapped con-
sumers. 
‘‘(3) EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(B), any period of an extreme 
heat weather event or extreme cold weather event, as 
determined by the State regulatory authority (with 
respect to an electric utility for which it has rate-
making authority) or the nonregulated electric util-
ity, shall be considered to be a period when termi-
nation of service to an electric consumer would be 
especially dangerous to health. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—Procedures described in 
paragraph (1) may authorize temporary suspension 
of electric service to specific areas as required for 
the safe operation and maintenance of the infra-
structure of the applicable electric utility, including 
to reduce the risk of fires caused by such infrastruc-
ture. 
‘‘(5) UPDATED PROCEDURES.—Procedures de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be updated, as nec-
essary, by the State regulatory authority (with re-
spect to electric utilities for which it has ratemaking 
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authority) or by the nonregulated electric utility at 
least once every 10 years, including to reflect the 
best available science with respect to changing cli-
mate conditions.’’. 
Æ 
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