3.0.0 1205 2020-01-29T20:28:14Z 2020-01-29T20:28:14Z Senate S S 2005-06-08 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-06-08T22:54:28Z 2005-06-08 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6238) IntroReferral 2005-06-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6238) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N Energy Air pollution control Carbon dioxide Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Disabled Electric utilities Electric utility rates Environmental Protection Government Operations and Politics Minorities Poverty Public utility regulation Social Welfare Energy 00 2005-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2005-06-29T14:18:41Z Ratepayers Protection Act of 2005 - Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to study and report to Congress on the effect on certain disadvantaged individuals (e.g., low-income, disabled, and minority groups) of actions taken or considered by regulated electric utilities to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.

Amends the National Climate Program Act to prohibit: (1) regulated electric utilities from recovering additional costs from ratepayers for reducing carbon dioxide emissions; and (2) state utility commissions from compelling ratepayers to pay any amount incurred by a regulated public utility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

]]> Ratepayers Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Ratepayers Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Ratepayers Protection Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a study of the effects on disadvantaged individuals of actions by utilities intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1205is/xml/BILLS-109s1205is.xml 2005-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6238) 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.