[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3506 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3506

  To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize a State to regulate the 
   sale at wholesale of electric energy generated, transmitted, and 
     distributed solely within that State, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2003

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Power Act to authorize a State to regulate the 
   sale at wholesale of electric energy generated, transmitted, and 
     distributed solely within that State, 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. STATE REGULATION OF SALE AT WHOLESALE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY 
              GENERATED, TRANSMITTED, AND DISTRIBUTED INTRASTATE.

    Section 201 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) State Regulation of Intrastate Sale of Electric Energy at 
Wholesale.--A State may regulate the sale of electric energy at 
wholesale, including fixing rates for such sale, if the electric energy 
is generated solely within that State for transmission and distribution 
solely within that State. The Commission shall not have jurisdiction to 
regulate such intrastate sale of electric energy at wholesale to the 
extent the State regulates such sale.''.
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