3.0.0 672 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z Senate S S 2009-03-24 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-24T15:25:24Z 2009-03-24 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2009-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Competition and antitrust Consumer affairs Electric power generation and transmission Energy prices Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Judicial review and appeals Oil and gas Energy 00 2009-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-16T21:17:48Z Natural Gas and Electricity Review and Enforcement Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act, the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a temporary cease and desist order if it: (1) determines that any entity may be violating, may have violated, or may be about to violate any provision of such Acts or a FERC directive; and (2) finds that an alleged, threatened, or continued violation is likely to result in significant harm to either natural gas consumers or to the public interest.

Amends the Federal Power Act to grant FERC emergency authority to change or suspend temporarily the rates, terms, or conditions of service on file with it before providing public notice and an opportunity for comment.

Limits such temporary change or suspension to a period of not more than 30 days unless certain conditions are met.

]]> Natural Gas and Electricity Review and Enforcement Act Display Title Natural Gas and Electricity Review and Enforcement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act, the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and the Federal Power Act to modify provisions relating to enforcement and judicial review and to modify the procedures for proposing changes in natural gas rates. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Natural Gas and Electricity Review and Enforcement Act Introduced in Senate 2009-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s672is/xml/BILLS-111s672is.xml 2009-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.