Weather-Safe Energy Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4338 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4338 To develop weather tools for electricity system planning and operational modeling, expand research on extreme weather event scenarios for energy utility companies and regulators, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2025 Ms. Leger Fernandez (for herself, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Ms. Ross) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To develop weather tools for electricity system planning and operational modeling, expand research on extreme weather event scenarios for energy utility companies and regulators, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Weather-Safe Energy Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF WEATHER-SAFE ENERGY PLATFORM AND SUPPORT FOR ELECTRICITY SYSTEM PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL MODELING. (a) Initial Report on Meteorological and Extreme Weather Event Data.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the following: (1) A summary of current efforts in federally funded research and development centers to develop the use of meteorological, hydrological, and extreme weather event data for energy system modeling. (2) A description of the specific actions that the Secretary shall take to carry out subsection (b). (b) Weather-Safe Energy Platform Digital Tool.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall develop and maintain an open-access digital tool, to be known as the ``Weather-Safe Energy