3.0.0 4232 2023-01-11T13:32:28Z 2023-01-11T13:32:28Z House HR 2015-12-10 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. POMPEO:H.R. 4232.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H9271]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2015-12-11T22:13:34Z Referred to 2015-12-10T15:01:40Z North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 114 8 HR 2015-12-07 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 114 2384 S 2015-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2015-12-11 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Committee 2015-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000602 Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4] Mike Pompeo R KS 4 N Energy Electric power generation and transmission Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations Energy 00 2015-12-10 Introduced in House 2016-01-05T21:43:07Z Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015

This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility (entities), to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would:

  • result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology;
  • shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers that do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or resource conditions exist among the electricity consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side technology;
  • negatively affect resource utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability, or grid security;
  • give any unfair competitive advantage to market the customer-side technology, including an analysis of whether a state regulatory authority has uncovered fraudulent customer-side technology marketing practices; and
  • be necessary to fulfill an obligation to serve electric consumers.

The bill sets deadlines within which the entities must set a hearing date to consider and subsequently determine the subsidization of customer-side technology.

]]> Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 Display Title Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the consideration by State regulatory authorities and nonregulated electric utilities of whether subsidies should be provided for the deployment, construction, maintenance, or operation of a customer-side technology. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4232ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4232ih.xml 2015-12-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. 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.