Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025

Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act of 2025 would authorize the Secretaries of Agriculture (for National Forest System lands) and the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management lands) to grant special use permits or easements that allow electrical utilities to cut and remove trees or other vegetation near distribution and transmission lines on covered federal lands without the need for a separate timber sale. The removal must be consistent with applicable land and resource management plans and environmental laws. If the utility sells the material it removes, the proceeds (after transportation costs) would go to the relevant agency; however, selling is not required—clearing around power lines could occur without a sale. The law defines covered lands as National Forest System lands and BLM lands, and clarifies which agency official oversees implementation. The bill is designed to support safer and more reliable electrical corridors by streamlining vegetation management around power lines, while preserving environmental safeguards and letting agencies capture any net proceeds from material sales. It has been introduced in the 119th Congress, passed the House, and was referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.