FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Amendments

Electric power: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1529 [15FE]

Analyses

Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act (S. 71), S330 [22JA]

Articles and editorials

California's Utility Sent Parent Firm $4.8 Billion—Audit Results Anger Consumer Groups, S2207 [13MR], S2275 [14MR]

FERC Likely To Put New Limits on California Energy Prices, H3183 [14JN]

Price Caps Make It Worse, E1058 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: extend hydroelectric licenses (see S. 1843), S13465 [18DE]

Dept. of Energy: impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (see S. 26), S98 [22JA] (see H.R. 238), H76 [20JA]

Electric power: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 287), S1218 [8FE]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (see S. 80), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 268), H109 [30JA]

———order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (see S. 1068), S6518 [20JN] (see H.R. 2274), H3464 [21JN]

———provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates (see H.R. 1941), H2570 [22MY]

———provide authority to order certain refunds of electric rates and under certain circumstances to expand and revoke the market mitigation plan (see H.R. 1974), H2679 [23MY]

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (see H.R. 2757), H5335 [2AU]

———return cost-based regulation of wholesale interstate sales of electricity (see H.R. 264), H109 [30JA]

GAO: provide for oversight of activities (see H.R. 2331), H3711 [27JN]

Hydroelectric power: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Ohio (see H.R. 2028), H2847 [25MY]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Wyoming (see S. 1852), S13700 [19DE]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in Nevada (see S. 1043), S6318 [14JN] (see H.R. 2169), H3150 [13JN]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in North Carolina (see S. 1010), S6054 [11JN]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in Pennsylvania (see H.R. 2382), H3803 [28JN] (see H.R. 3453), H9239 [11DE]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in West Virginia (see S. 639), S3052 [28MR] (see H.R. 1315), H1344 [29MR]

———projects licensing reform (see S. 71), S99 [22JA] (see H.R. 1832), H2183 [15MY]

Power resources: impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (see S. 764), S3852 [24AP]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 206), S706 [30JA] (see H.R. 1101), H1010 [20MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing at FERC-licensed dams (see H.R. 1677), H1860 [2MY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on electric generating facilities having excess profits (see H.R. 2079), H2955 [6JN]

———impose a windfall profit tax on wholesale electric energy sold in the Western System Coordinating Council (see H.R. 443), H220 [7FE]

———impose a windfall profits adjustment on the production of domestic electricity and use resulting revenues to fund rebates to consumers (see S. 173), S527 [24JA]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see S. 972), S5694 [25MY] (see H.R. 1459), H1485 (see H.R. 1459), H1495 [4AP]

Letters

Authority to order certain refunds of electric rates and under certain circumstances to expand and revoke the market mitigation plan: Joe Ronan, Calpine Corp., H3312 [20JN]

California energy crisis relative to electricity competition program: C. Lourenco Goncalves, California Steel Industries, Inc., S4066 [1MY]

———Henry Knaust, H.K. Canning, Inc., S4068 [1MY]

———Jim Gomes, California Dairy Coalition of Concerned Energy Consumers, S4067 [1MY]

———Jim Relles, California State Floral Association, S4067 [1MY]

———K. Maurice Johannessen, California State Senate, S4068 [1MY]

Nondischargeability of debts in bankruptcy arising from the exchange of electric energy: Edwin D. Hill and Jerry J. O'Connor, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, S2206 [13MR]

———Gray Davis, Governor of California, S2205 [13MR]

———Jeanne Connelly, Calpine Corp., S2204 [13MR]

———John E. Bryson, Edison International (corporation), S2205 [13MR]

———Keith E. Bailey, Williams Cos., S2204 [13MR]

———Lynne H. Church, Electric Power Supply Association, S2205 [13MR]

———Nettie Hoge, The Utility Reform Network (TURN), S2205 [13MR]

———Robert D. Glynn, PG&E Corp., S2205 [13MR]

———Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, S2204 [13MR]

Remarks in House

California: energy crisis, H3622 [27JN], H3810 [10JY], H3939-H3945 [11JY], H4029 [17JY], H4785 [30JY]

———energy crisis relative to electricity competition program, H130 [31JA], H305-H307 [13FE], H1475-H1478 [4AP]

———restore FERC oversight of natural gas pipelines, H5130-H5133 [1AU]

Dept. of Energy: impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (H.R. 238), H2552 [22MY], H3154 [14JN]

Electric power: impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market, H3183 [14JN], H3289, H3310-H3315 [20JN], H5142-H5146 [1AU]

———imposition of caps on electricity rates, H3263, H3283, H3284, H3287, H3288 [20JN], H3524, H3525 [26JN], H3623 [27JN]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates, H3321, H3322 [20JN]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (H.R. 268), H130 [31JA], H829 [12MR], H1119 [26MR]

———refund of certain overcharges for electricity in Western States (H.R. 2757), E1517 [3AU]

GAO: provide for oversight of activities (H.R. 2331), E1235 [27JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, H3183 [14JN], H3349-H3354 [20JN], H3621, H3622, H3623, H3624, H3625, H3626, H3627 [27JN], H3810, H3811 [10JY], H3933-H3945 [11JY], E1209 [26JN], E1347 [17JY]

———price regulations relative to national energy crisis, H2684 [24MY], H2930, H2933, H2936-H2942 [6JN], H2982 [7JN], H3078, H3079 [13JN], H3155 [14JN], H3234 [19JN]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (H.R. 1101), E401 [20MR]

Remarks in Senate

Bankruptcy: nondischargeability of debts arising from the exchange of electric energy, S2197-S2212 [13MR], S2272-S2276 [14MR], S2385 [15MR]

California: energy crisis, S6507 [20JN]

———energy crisis relative to electricity competition program, S508-S510 [24JA], S4066-S4069 [1MY], S4412 [7MY]

Cove Point, MD: FERC decision to reactivate and expand liquefied natural gas terminal, S11545 [7NO]

Dept. of Energy: impose interim limitations on the cost of electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the electric energy market (S. 26), S298 [22JA], S1184 [8FE]

Electric power: ensure refund calculations for consumers in the Northwest and California harmed by unjust electricity rates are equitable, S7665-S7667 [16JY]

———impose cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 287), S1220 [8FE], S1529 [15FE]

———order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential electricity rates and establish a cap on rates in the Western System Coordinating Council (S. 80), S338 [22JA]

———order refunds of unjust and unreasonable electricity rates (S. 1068), S6522 [20JN]

Hydroelectric power: extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in Nevada (S. 1043), S6323 [14JN]

———extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in North Carolina (S. 1010), S6056 [11JN]

———projects licensing reform (S. 71), S328 [22JA]

New England: conduct a study of the natural gas pipeline transmission network, S1189 [8FE]

Power resources: impose just and reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western energy market (S. 764), S3859 [24AP], S4412 [7MY]

Public utilities: revise regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (S. 206), S710 [30JA], S4816 [10MY]

Taxation: impose a windfall profits adjustment on the production of domestic electricity and use resulting revenues to fund rebates to consumers (S. 173), S548 [24JA]

———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (S. 972), S5704 [25MY]

Reports filed

Nomination of Nora M. Brownell to FERC: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S5541 [23MY]

Nomination of Patrick H. Wool III to FERC: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S5541 [23MY]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 206) (S. Rept. 107-15), S4589 [9MY]

Tables

H.K. Canning, Inc., natural gas billing analysis, S4068 [1MY]

Texts of

H.R. 2331, Energy Marketing Monitoring Act, E1235 [27JN]

S. 71, Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act, S329 [22JA]

S. 206, Public Utility Holding Company Act, S710-S712 [30JA]

S. 1010, extension of deadline for commencement of construction of hydroelectric projects in North Carolina, S6056 [11JN]

S. 1068, Electricity Gouging Relief Act, S6522 [20JN]

S. 1852, FERC extension of deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in Wyoming, S13709 [19DE]