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Representative Morgan Griffith (R–VA) sponsored H.R. 3632, the Power Plant Reliability Act, which would concentrate broad powers in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to delay the retirement of old, dirty power plants for up to ten years if FERC finds that the interstate supply of electricity of any utility is likely to be insufficient in the five years following. It also requires utilities to provide five years notice of planned retirement of generation assets, potentially facilitating the prolonged operation of expensive and dirty fossil fuel power plants. Locking utilities into continuing to operate costly fossil fuel plants despite volatile fuel prices and costly repairs, while passing these costs to consumers, is predicted by experts to cost customers billions of dollars while also continuing harmful pollution. On December 16, the House approved H.R. 3632 by a vote of 222-202 (House roll call vote 342). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.