,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gahf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbj,mr4 
,thompson of ,california 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4     
,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,khanna1    
,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,ms4     
,matsui1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 and ,mr4        
,swalwell of ,california7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,power
 ,act to require the ,electric          
,reliability ,organization to propose a 
reliability standard that addresses the 
resilience of the bulk-power system1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,utility 
,resilience and ,reliability ,act4  #b4 
,proposed reliability standard ,section 
#bae7;d7 of the ,federal ,power ,act    
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdo7d77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#g7 ,resilience of         
bulk-power system  7,a7 ,in general ,not

 later than #a year after the date of   
enactment of this paragraph1 the        
,electric ,reliability ,organization    
shall file with the ,commission a       
proposed reliability standard that      
addresses the resilience of the         
bulk-power system4  7,b7 ,regional      
differences ,the proposed reliability   
standard filed under subsection 7,a7    
shall take into account regional        
differences4  7,c7 ,resilience defined  
,in this paragraph1 the term resilience 
means the ability to-- 7i7 prepare for  
and adapt to changing conditions2 and   
7ii7 withstand and rapidly recover from 
disruptions1 including disruptions      
caused by extreme weather conditions4  4
  #c4 ,electric grid resilience         
education program  7a7 ,in general ,not 
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary of ,energy shall establish a 
program to provide information and      
recommendations to ,states and electric 
utilities on how to improve the         

resilience of electric grids4  7b7      
,electric utility defined ,the term     
electric utility has the meaning given  
such term in section #c of the ,federal 
,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gif74  #d4  
,report on planned electric power       
outages due to extreme weather          
conditions ,not later than #a year after
 the date of enactment of this section1 
the ,secretary of ,energy shall submit  
to ,congress a report1 and publish such 
report on the website of the ,department
 of ,energy1 that provides              
recommendations on how to minimize the  
need for1 effects of1 and duration of   
planned electric power outages that are 
due to extreme weather conditions1      
including such conditions under which   
the ,national ,weather ,service issues a
 red flag warning4