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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3632 
To amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, 
rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require 
owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned 
retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 29, 2025 
Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements 
for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing 
adequate service, to require owners or operators of gener-
ating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements 
of certain electric generating units, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Power Plant Reliability 
Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FURNISHING OF ADEQUATE SERVICE; ADVANCE NO-
TICE OF PLANNED RETIREMENTS. 
Section 207 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824f) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 207. FURNISHING OF ADEQUATE SERVICE; ADVANCE 
NOTICE OF PLANNED RETIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) FURNISHING OF ADEQUATE SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Commission, 
upon complaint of a State commission or a Trans-
mission Organization, after notice to each State 
commission and public utility affected, and after op-
portunity for hearing within 90 days of receipt of 
such complaint, finds that any interstate service of 
any public utility is inadequate or insufficient, or is 
likely to become inadequate or insufficient within 5 
years of receiving such complaint, the Commission 
shall determine the proper, adequate, or sufficient 
service to be furnished, and shall fix the same by 
issuing an order, rule, or regulation. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Commission, in an 
order, rule, or regulation issued under paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) may not— 
‘‘(i) compel the enlargement of gener-
ating facilities; or 
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‘‘(ii) compel the public utility to sell 
or exchange electric energy when to do so 
would impair its ability to render proper, 
adequate, or sufficient service to its cus-
tomers; 
‘‘(B) may require— 
‘‘(i) continuing the operation of an 
electric generating unit; and 
‘‘(ii) any affected State commission, 
Transmission Organization, or public util-
ity to develop and implement a long-term 
plan for the planning, construction, and 
operation of interstate transmission facili-
ties that may be necessary for the public 
utility to provide adequate and sufficient 
interstate service; and 
‘‘(C) shall determine— 
‘‘(i) any rate or charge necessary to 
provide compensation for the additional 
costs of the proper, adequate, or sufficient 
service to be furnished, including com-
pensation to an owner or operator of an 
electric generating unit that is required to 
continue to operate under such order, rule, 
or regulation; and 
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‘‘(ii) the cost allocation of any rate or 
charge. 
‘‘(3) TERM
LENGTH.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (4), an order, rule, or regulation issued 
under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date 
that the Commission determines appropriate, which 
may not be later than 5 years after the date on 
which the Commission issues such order, rule, or 
regulation. 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUEST FOR EXTENSION.—Not ear-
lier than the date that is 180 days prior to the 
date on which an order, rule, or regulation ter-
minates, as determined under paragraph (3), 
and not later than 60 days prior to such termi-
nation date, any affected State commission, 
Transmission Organization, or public utility 
may submit to the Commission a request to ex-
tend such order, rule, or regulation. 
‘‘(B) DEADLINE.—With respect to a re-
quest submitted under subparagraph (A), the 
Commission shall— 
‘‘(i) not later than 14 days after the 
date on which the Commission receives the 
request, notify each affected State commis-
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