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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10019 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10019

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require 
  States to consider prohibiting cost recovery related to smart grid 
                   projects, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2024

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require 
  States to consider prohibiting cost recovery related to smart grid 
                   projects, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SMART GRID COST RECOVERY.

    (a) Consideration and Determination Respecting Certain Ratemaking 
Standards.--
            (1) Repeal.--Section 111(d)(18)(B) of the Public Utility 
        Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)(18)(B)) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Establishment.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility 
        Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:
            ``(22) Prohibition on rate recovery for smart grid 
        investments.--No electric utility may recover from ratepayers 
        any capital, operating expenditure, or other costs of the 
        electric utility relating to the deployment of any smart grid 
        system.''.
    (b) Obligations To Consider and Determine.--
            (1) Time limitations.--Section 112(b) of the Public Utility 
        Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended 
        by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
        of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with 
        respect to each electric utility for which the State has 
        ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated utility shall 
        commence consideration under section 111, or set a hearing date 
        for consideration, with respect to the standard established by 
        paragraph (22) of section 111(d).
            ``(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
        this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect 
        to each electric utility for which the State has ratemaking 
        authority), and each nonregulated electric utility shall 
        complete the consideration and make the determination under 
        section 111 with respect to the standard established by 
        paragraph (22) of section 111(d).''.
            (2) Failure to comply.--Section 112(c) of the Public 
        Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is 
        amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of 
        the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d), 
        the reference contained in this subsection to the date of 
        enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
        date of enactment of that paragraph (22).''.
            (3) Prior state actions.--Section 112 of the Public Utility 
        Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Prior State Actions.--Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply 
to the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d) in the 
case of any electric utility in a State if, before the date of 
enactment of this subsection--
            ``(1) the State has implemented for the electric utility 
        the standard (or a comparable standard);
            ``(2) the State regulatory authority for the State or the 
        relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a 
        proceeding to consider implementation of the standard (or a 
        comparable standard) for the electric utility; or
            ``(3) the State legislature has voted on the implementation 
        of the standard (or a comparable standard) for the electric 
        utility during the 3-year period ending on that date of 
        enactment.''.
    (c) Prior and Pending Proceedings.--Section 124 of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2634) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: ``In the case of the standard 
established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d), the reference 
contained in this section to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph 
(22).''.
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