Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025

Sponsored by Rep. H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) · 4 active : 4 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedDec 16, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

8 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025

This bill modifies the process that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) uses to determine, upon a complaint from a state commission, whether a public utility (i.e., power plant) must remain open because the retirement of the power plant will make the bulk power system unreliable, including by allowing transmission organizations to also file complaints with FERC.

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If FERC finds that any interstate service of any public utility is inadequate or insufficient, or is likely to become inadequate or insufficient within five years of receiving such complaint, then FERC must determine the proper, adequate, or sufficient service to be furnished through an order, rule, or regulation (order).

The bill specifies that FERC may order a power plant to remain open for up to five years. Any affected state commission, transmission organization, or power plant may request that FERC extend such order.

A FERC order must determine (1) any rate or charge necessary to provide compensation for the additional costs of the service, and (2) the cost allocation of any rate or charge.

A power plant owner or operator must notify FERC and affected state commissions or transmission organizations at least five years before any planned retirement of a unit of an electric generating facility except in the case of an emergency or similar event that renders a unit inoperable.

The bill exempts from federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations any action taken by a generating facility to comply with such orders.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed222 yea, 202 nayDecember 16, 2025 · Roll call 342

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	36	5	14%
Middle	287	5	2%
Entrenched	96	0	0%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

44Swing 70–100
279Middle 30–70
107Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 65.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 3632 · Dec 16, 2025 · Roll call 341On PassagePower Plant Reliability Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3617 · Feb 11, 2026 · Roll call 424On PassageSecuring America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3616 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 346On PassageReliable Power Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3638 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 323On PassageElectric Supply Chain Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3628 · Dec 11, 2025 · Roll call 322On PassageState Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1047 · Sep 18, 2025 · Roll call 278On PassageGRID Power Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1449 · Nov 19, 2024 · Roll call 1191On PassageCLEAN Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1449 · Nov 19, 2024 · Roll call 1189On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 1449 · Nov 19, 2024 · Roll call 1188On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 1501 · Sep 2, 2026 · Roll call 654On PassageProtecting Domestic Mining Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5587 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 497On PassageHEATS Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4690 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 494On PassageReliable Federal Infrastructure Act
PassedSame policy area

Cosponsors

4 active

Show all 4 cosponsors

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 53% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today95Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:YeaBroke with partyProjected at the vote: 94 Swing (today: 95)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 38% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
ContactCall
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Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 48% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today92Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 93 Swing (today: 92)
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Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENHouse Committee on Energy and CommerceOn the ballot
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Broke with party on 4% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today91Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:Yea
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Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 51% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
90Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:YeaBroke with party
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Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 30% of 24 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today88Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:YeaBroke with party
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Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 5% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:YeaProjected at the vote: 75 Swing (today: 87)
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Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 56% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:NayProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 87)
Contact
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Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 49% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:YeaBroke with party
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Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 17% of 41 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
86Swing
Vote on passage, Dec 16, 2025:NayProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall