,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ab1        
#bjag,mr4 ,soto introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,energy to maintain a database of       
information on electricity outages1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,power   
,outage for ,weather ,emergency ,repair 
,act or the ,,power ,act4  #b4          
,electricity outage database  7a7       
,database ,not later than #ij days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,energy shall maintain a 
database of information on electricity  
outages that--  7#a7 is publicly        
accessible2 and  7#b7 includes--  7,a7  
for each such outage-- 7i7 the specific 
cause of the outage1 including type of  
weather event or natural disaster and   
strength of such weather event or       
natural disaster1 if applicable2 and    

7ii7 the impact of the outage1 including
 duration and number of electric        
consumers affected1 and megawatts lost1 
because of the interruption in electric 
service2 and  7,b7 information that is  
categorized-- 7i7 by type and size of   
utility2  7ii7 by impact of the outages2
  7iii7 by cause of the outages2 or     
7iv7 in any other manner that the       
,secretary determines will make such    
information available and useful in the 
mitigation of future electricity        
outages4  7b7 ,collection of data ,the  
,secretary of ,energy shall promulgate a
 rule to require each electric utility  
to report to the ,secretary of ,energy1 
acting through the ,administrator of the
 ,energy ,information ,administration1  
information on electricity outages of   
the electric utility for outages that   
interrupt electric service resulting in 
a loss of more than #cjj megawatts or   
affecting at least #ej1jjj electric     
consumers4