Public Safety Power Shutoff Data Transparency Act
Key claim: House lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require more public reporting of data on public safety power shutoffs, the planned outages utilities use to reduce wildfire risk.
Abstract
(HR10854 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-10-19): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Why this matters
Public safety power shutoffs are a central tool western utilities use to reduce wildfire ignition risk, but customers, regulators, and researchers have limited standardized data on their frequency, scope, duration, and medical/economic impacts. A federal transparency mandate would create a common reporting baseline that could inform both wildfire policy and grid-reliability oversight. The bill is at an early stage and its practical effect depends on committee action and whether reporting standards are harmonized with existing state PUC requirements.