The Electric Act prohibits the federal government from retiring any federally operated hydroelectric dams if doing so would raise customer electricity rates by more than 10 percent or reduce regional energy reliability by more than 10 percent in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and California. The legislation applies to dams operated by either the Bureau of Reclamation under the Department of Interior or the Army Corps of Engineers under the Department of Defense. If a dam is retired despite these restrictions, the responsible federal agency must replace 100 percent of the baseload generation capacity within 30 days. The bill includes a safety exception that allows retirement in certain circumstances, though specific details are not fully outlined in the text provided. This measure would significantly constrain federal agencies' ability to decommission aging hydroelectric facilities in the western United States.