[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1075 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1075

 To allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power 
 emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure 
           their economic stability, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2001

  Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
  Horn, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Gary Miller of California, 
    Mrs. Bono, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Ose, Mr. Cunningham, and Mr. Issa) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow any business or individual in any State experiencing a power 
 emergency to operate any type of power generation available to ensure 
           their economic stability, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY GENERATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
business or individual in any State experiencing a power emergency on 
any day may operate, at any time during that day, any type of power 
generation available, using any type of fuel available, to ensure the 
economic stability of such business or individual.
    (b) Availability of Information.--Any person or State official 
having information regarding the available supply of electricity in a 
State, or the projected electric demand for electricity in that State, 
shall promptly make such information available to the Secretary of 
Energy or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon request. Any 
person or State official who fails or refuses to comply with any such 
request shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 
for each day during which such failure or refusal continues.
    (c) Attainment or Nonattainment Status.--No emissions attributable 
to generation permitted solely by reason of subsection (a) shall be 
taken into account for purposes of determining under Part C or D of 
title I of the Clean Air Act the attainment or nonattainment status of 
any area in a State affected by such emissions or for purposes of 
determining the nonattainment classification or attainment date of any 
such area under such Part D.
    (d) Definition.--For purposes of this Act, the term ``power 
emergency'' means that the Secretary of Energy or the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission has determined that the available supply of 
electricity in a State on the day concerned is not more than 110 
percent of the projected electric demand for the day concerned.
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