US Congress House Bill 5722 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 17 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review any decision by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NAERC) to approve a new balancing authority that would alter cost allocations under an existing system support resources agreement. Precludes such new balancing authority from taking effect until approved by FERC. Requires FERC to publish a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed NAERC decision, including its likely financial impact upon ratepayers, before issuing a decision to approve, disapprove, or modify the NAERC decision.

POWER Act

Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB2929 (Same As) 2014-11-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5722/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5722/BILLS-113hr5722ih.pdf