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House and Senate bills

House No electricity title in House-passed bill Bill introduced, but not adopted Eminent domain power to FERC Delegation/deference reliability language, but no state role Intrusion into retail decisions Mandates RTOs Repeals PURPA/PUCHA. Senate Bill passed last Thursday

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House and Senate bills

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  1. House No electricity title in House-passed bill Bill introduced, but not adopted Eminent domain power to FERC Delegation/deference reliability language, but no state role Intrusion into retail decisions Mandates RTOs Repeals PURPA/PUCHA Senate Bill passed last Thursday No eminent domain Western reliability language, include regional advisory bodies Some intrusion into retail decisions, but state override No RTO mandate Repeals PURPA/PUCHA House and Senate bills

  2. Senate-passed bill (1) • Reliability • SRRO (NERC/NAERO) • Delegation and deference to interconnection-wide regional reliability organization (WECC) • Regional Advisory Bodies

  3. Senate-passed bill (2) • Requires utilities to offer net metering, real time or time-of-use rates, but state PUC will determine if it is appropriate to implement • Requires non-discriminatory rates for intermittent generation • Requires some market information be public • Repeals PUCHA, but provides state access to books

  4. Senate bill (2) • Study by federal agencies of role of PUCs in regulating competition (no state members) • Repeals PURPA • Allows FTC to set cramming/slamming, privacy, consumer info (sources of electricity/emissions) but protects state authority • Establishes Office of Consumer Advocacy at DOJ to intervene at FERC, other federal agencies and courts

  5. Senate (3) • Requires utilities to implement 10-year plan to increase efficiency of fossil plants • Renewables • Production tax credit • 10% RPS by 2020; 1.5 cent penalty • Pilot cost-sharing program to increase renewable energy production on federal lands

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