Weather-Safe Energy Act of 2025

This bill, called the Weather-Safe Energy Act of 2025, aims to keep the power grid reliable during extreme weather. It tells the Department of Energy to build a free, open online “Weather-Safe Energy Platform” with detailed weather and water data and scenarios to help utilities and regulators plan and operate the grid. The tool must go live within two years, and an initial report mapping current efforts is due in six months . The platform is designed with input from utilities, grid operators, cities, regulators, and experts so it actually fits real-world needs.

The bill also boosts research on how events like hurricanes, floods, wildfires, thawing permafrost, and droughts affect the grid, and it folds new findings into the platform. It provides training and technical help so utilities, grid operators, and state regulators can use the data and scenarios in their planning. Progress reports to Congress would start within five years and continue at least every three years .

• Who is affected: Utility companies, grid operators, municipalities, state and federal energy regulators, and researchers at national labs and universities.
• What changes: A free, open data platform for grid planning; more research grants and modeling on extreme weather; and hands-on training and workshops to use these tools .
• When: Report in 6 months; platform live within 2 years; first progress report within 5 years, then at least every 3 years after that .