3.0.0 1341 2023-01-15T22:33:35Z 2023-01-15T22:33:35Z House H HR 2003-03-18 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2003-03-24T17:25:43Z Referred to 2003-03-18T17:33:05Z 2003-03-24 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2003-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000822 Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] CLIFF STEARNS R FL 6 N B001135 Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 5 2003-03-18 True B000463 Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] MICHAEL BILIRAKIS R FL 9 2003-03-18 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2003-03-18 True D000275 Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20] PETER DEUTSCH D FL 20 2003-03-18 True B000911 Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] CORRINE BROWN D FL 3 2003-03-18 True M000689 Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] JOHN MICA R FL L. 7 2003-03-18 True F000443 Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7] MIKE FERGUSON R NJ 7 2003-03-18 True Energy Administrative procedure Cogeneration of electric power and heat Commerce Contracts Department of Energy Electric power distribution Electric power production Electric utilities Electric utility rates Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Geothermal resources Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Law Energy 00 2003-03-18 Introduced in House 2003-07-17T20:37:44Z Ratepayer Protection Act - Declares that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electric energy or capacity pursuant to rules under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) requiring electric utilities to offer to sell electric energy to, and purchase it from, qualifying cogeneration facilities and qualifying small power production facilities (qualifying facilities).

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations to assure that no utility shall be required to absorb the costs associated with electric energy or capacity purchases from a qualifying facility pursuant to a legally enforceable obligation entered into or imposed under PURPA rules before this Act's enactment. (Thus assures that such utilities recover all costs associated with such purchases). Provides that regulations required by this Act shall be treated as rules enforceable under the Federal Power Act.

]]> Ratepayer Protection Act Display Title Ratepayer Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To prospectively repeal section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ratepayer Protection Act Introduced in House 2003-03-18T05:00:00Z 2003-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.