3.0.0 1481 2019-11-15T21:48:01Z 2019-11-15T21:48:01Z House H HR 2005-04-05 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2005-04-22T20:30:44Z Referred to 2005-04-05T17:57:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-04-05T17:57:50Z 2005-04-22 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Committee 2005-04-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-04-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-05 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-04-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 N M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2005-04-05 True Energy Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Canada Capital investments Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Consumer protection Department of Energy Depreciation and amortization Economics and Public Finance Electric power transmission Electric utilities Electric utility rates Eminent domain Energy facilities Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal advisory bodies Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Income tax Independent regulatory commissions Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Interstate commerce Interstate compacts Latin America Law Licenses Mexico Public Lands and Natural Resources Public interest Regional planning Restrictive trade practices Right-of-way Science, Technology, Communications Standards State laws Tax deductions Taxation Technological innovations Trade agreements Trade negotiations Transportation and Public Works Energy 00 2005-04-05 Introduced in House 2005-05-04T20:50:41Z Interstate Transmission Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish, by rule, incentive-based, performance-based, participant-funded, and cost-based rate treatments for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce by public utilities.

Grants FERC jurisdiction over an Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) certified by FERC, regional entities, and all users, owners, and operators of the bulk-power system, for purposes of approving reliability standards and enforcing compliance with this Act.

Prescribes guidelines for ERO certification and reliability standards.

Urges the President to negotiate international agreements with the governments of Canada and Mexico to provide for: (1) effective compliance with reliability standards; and (2) the effectiveness of the ERO in the United States and Canada or Mexico.

Instructs FERC to establish a regional advisory body on the petition of at least two-thirds of the States within a region that have more than one-half of their electric load served within the region.

Exempts Hawaii and Alaska from application of electric reliability standards under this Act.

Repeals the requirement for FERC prior authorization of the disposition of public utility facilities.

Prescribes FERC preferences for the formation of a transmission organization.

Prescribes guidelines for the designation as a national interest electric transmission corridor of any geographic area experiencing or likely to experience electric energy transmission capacity constraints or congestion that adversely affects consumers.

Grants FERC permitting authority for the construction or modification of electric transmission facilities in a national interest electric transmission corridor.

Grants the consent of Congress to three or more contiguous States to enter into an interstate compact establishing regional transmission siting agencies to facilitate siting of future electric energy transmission facilities within such States and to carry out the electric energy transmission siting responsibilities of such States.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat electric transmission property as 15-year property for depreciation income tax deduction purposes under the accelerated cost recovery system.

]]> Interstate Transmission Act Short Titles as Introduced Interstate Transmission Act Display Title Interstate Transmission Act Official Title as Introduced To ensure reliability of electric service to provide for expansion of electricity transmission networks in order to support competitive electricity markets to modernize regulation, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2005-04-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1481ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1481ih.xml 2005-04-22 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.