I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2353 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 12, 2009 Mr. Chaffetz (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Schock, Mr. Bishop of Utah, and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require electric utilities to notify electric consumers of the cost of emission allowances associated with the electricity delivered to such consumers, and for other purposes.

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EPA publication of information

In carrying out any Federal greenhouse gas regulatory program that provides for the sale of emission allowances in connection with an absolute limit on greenhouse gas emissions, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall publish, on a monthly basis, the average cost per kilowatt hour of the emission allowances purchased by each person generating electricity for sale. In such publication, the Administrator shall provide an allocation of such costs, based on the generation sources, among the regions identified by the Administrator in which electric power is purchased and sold at wholesale. The Administrator shall consult with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy in carrying out this section.

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Information to consumers

Section 115(f) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2625(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4)For purposes of the standard for information to consumers established by section 113(b)(3), each electric utility shall include in each billing statement transmitted to each electric consumer a statement of the portion of the rate charged to that consumer that represents the cost of emission allowances purchased by the utility for the period covered by such billing statement. In the case of a utility purchasing electric energy in a region for which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has published the average cost per kilowatt hour of emission allowances associated with electric power sold in that region, the utility shall include the appropriate portion of such costs in each such billing statement. For purposes of adopting the standard under section 113(b)(3) as modified by this paragraph, the date 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph shall be substituted for the 2-year period specified in section 113(a). .