US Congress House Bill 1558 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ensure that any emergency order that may result in conflict with federal, state, or local environmental law or regulations: requires generation, delivery, interchange, or transmission of electricity only during hours necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest; be consistent with applicable environmental law; and minimizes any adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent practical. Any necessary action or omission in such an emergency that does not comply with federal, state, or local environmental law or regulation shall not be considered a violation of it, or subject the party involved to any related requirement, civil or criminal liability, or a citizen suit. Such emergency orders must expire within 90 days. FERC may renew or reissue an order for subsequent periods of no more than 90 days each as necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest. During an emergency, a municipality engaged in the transmission or sale of electricity, and not otherwise subject to FERC jurisdiction, may make temporary connections with public utilities that are subject to FERC jurisdiction, and construct necessary or appropriate temporary electricity transmission facilities, without becoming subject to FERC jurisdiction by reason of that temporary connection or construction.

Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2015

Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]

Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]

Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-03-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-03-24	House	Introduced in House

SB848 (Related) 2015-03-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB8 (Related) 2015-12-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB22 (Related) 2015-12-04 - Became Public Law No: 114-94. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1558/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1558/BILLS-114hr1558ih.pdf