3.0.0 1491 2023-01-11T13:22:30Z 2023-01-11T13:22:30Z Senate S S 2011-08-02 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-08-02T19:31:05Z 2011-08-02 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2011-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5261-5262) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-09-06 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Intergovernmental relations Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Energy 00 2011-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-09T21:43:21Z PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act or PURPA PLUS Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), with respect to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to prescribe rules requiring electric utilities to offer to sell and purchase electric energy to and from any qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility.

Permits state regulatory authorities or nonregulated electric utilities, acting under state authority, to set rates exceeding the incremental cost of alternative electric energy for purchases from any such qualifying facility of up to two megawatts capacity. (Current law requires FERC to set rates that do not exceed the incremental cost to the electric utility of alternative electric energy.)

]]> PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act Display Title PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to expand the electric rate-setting authority of States. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act Short Titles as Introduced PURPA PLUS Act Introduced in Senate 2011-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1491is/xml/BILLS-112s1491is.xml 2011-08-02 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.