3.0.0 2771 2022-11-01T04:47:39Z 2022-11-01T04:47:39Z Senate S 2019-11-05 116 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-05T15:52:14Z 2019-11-05 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2019-11-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-11-05 True Energy Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Energy prices Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Government studies and investigations Oil and gas Pipelines Energy 00 2019-11-05 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-01T21:00:16Z Making Pipelines Accountable to Consumers and Taxpayers Act or the MPACT Act

This bill revises the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding rates and charges in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas.

Specifically, the bill

  • provides FERC the authority to set a refund effective date and order a natural gas company to provide refunds when a rate or charge is unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential; and
  • requires FERC to conduct a study on the impact of such authority on the cost of capital paid by natural gas companies and the average time it takes to resolve proceedings related to rate changes.
]]> MPACT Act Display Title MPACT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced MPACT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Making Pipelines Accountable to Consumers and Taxpayers Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2771is/xml/BILLS-116s2771is.xml 2019-11-05 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.