Congress quietly extends grid resilience program five more years
S. 4827 — POWER ON Act of 2026 · Filed by John Cornyn (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill extends a federal electric grid resilience and outage-prevention program by five years, moving its authorization window from 2022–2026 to 2027–2031. It does not create new funding or change the program's scope—it simply keeps an existing initiative alive past its current expiration date.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to reauthorize an existing federal program for electric grid reliability and outage prevention by extending its statutory authorization window. It is a routine reauthorization with no policy changes.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens depend on reliable electricity. Extending a program designed to prevent outages and strengthen grid resilience maintains continuity of work that reduces blackout risk and improves infrastructure stability.