FEDERAL POWER ACT

Bills and resolutions

Electric power: ensure rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in porportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit (see S. 400), S870 [17FE]

FERC: consider private landownership and private use of land in issuing hydropower licenses (see S. 1988), S8602 [14DE]

———establish a regional transmission planning process (see H.R. 3280), H7160 [27OC]

———prohibit from requiring removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses (see S. 1758), S6872 [20OC] (see H.R. 3244), H7007 [24OC]

Madera County, CA: terminate certain hydropower reservations in order to clear the title of property purchased by Donald L. Smith (see S. 524), S1502 [9MR]

Power resources: protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 668), H723 [11FE]

———protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the U.S. from cybersecurity and other threats and vulnerabilities (see S. 1342), S4485 [11JY]

Remarks in House

FERC: prohibit from requiring removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses (H.R. 3244), H7076 [26OC]

Remarks in Senate

FERC: clarify that private ownership of land should be recognized under the same standards as public recreational use of land, S7600 [16NO]

———prohibit from requiring removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses, S7600 [16NO]

Madera County, CA: terminate certain hydropower reservations in order to clear the title of property purchased by Donald L. Smith (S. 524), S1507 [9MR]

Reports filed

Grid Cyber Security Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1342) (S. Rept. 112-34), S4485 [11JY]

Texts of

S. 524, terminate certain hydropower reservations in order to clear the title of property purchased by Donald L. Smith in Madera County, CA, S1508 [9MR]