[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2274 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2274

 To require the refund of unjust or unreasonable rates and charges for 
  certain sales of electric energy after June 1, 2000, in the Western 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 21, 2001

   Ms. Eshoo (for herself, Ms. Pelosi, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
Lantos, Mr. Stark, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
  Honda, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Lee, Ms. Harman, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. 
  Woolsey, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. 
 Lofgren, Mr. Berman, Ms. Solis, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Filner, 
Mr. Baird, Mr. Issa, Mr. Baca, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
Condit, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Gephardt, 
Mr. Hunter, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Watson of California, Mr. Sherman, and Ms. 
   Waters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the refund of unjust or unreasonable rates and charges for 
  certain sales of electric energy after June 1, 2000, in the Western 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electricity Gouging Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. REFUNDS OF CERTAIN ELECTRICITY CHARGES.

    In the case of sales of electric energy for use in that portion of 
the United States that is covered by the Western Systems Coordinating 
Council of the North American Electric Reliability Council, 
notwithstanding the time limitations contained in section 206 of the 
Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall order 
the refund of any rates and charges that were not just and reasonable 
and that applied to sales of electric energy by public utilities 
subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under that Act between 
June 1, 2000, and the enactment of this Act. The refunds shall be made, 
with interest, to those persons who have paid such rates or charges. 
Any affected State may bring an action in the appropriate United States 
district court to enforce this section. Nothing in this section shall 
affect any authority of the Commission existing before the enactment of 
this section.
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