[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1037 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1037

    To expand the provisions for termination of mandatory purchase 
 requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2015

   Mr. Risch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To expand the provisions for termination of mandatory purchase 
 requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

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

SECTION 1. RECOGNITION OF STATE DETERMINATIONS.

    Section 210(m) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 824a-3(m)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) 
        as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) State determination.--After the date of enactment of 
        this paragraph, no electric utility shall be required to enter 
        into a new contract or obligation to purchase electric energy 
        from a qualifying cogeneration facility or a qualifying small 
        power production facility under this section if the State 
        regulatory agency having ratemaking authority over the electric 
        utility has determined that the electric utility has no need to 
        acquire additional generation resources in order to meet its 
        obligation to serve customers in the public interest.'';
            (3) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``of this 
                subsection''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or in paragraph (3)'' after 
                ``paragraph (1)'' each place it appears; and
            (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``paragraph 
                (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``of this 
                subsection''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``or in paragraph (3)'' after 
                ``paragraph (1)'' each place it appears.
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