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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8161 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8161

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army 
  from retiring an energy generation source if that retirement would 
     raise customer electricity rates and decrease regional energy 
      reliability by more than 10 percent, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2024

 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Bentz, and Mr. Rosendale) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army 
  from retiring an energy generation source if that retirement would 
     raise customer electricity rates and decrease regional energy 
      reliability by more than 10 percent, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electric Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF ENERGY GENERATION SOURCES.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall not retire an energy 
        generation source if the retirement of that energy generation 
        source would--
                    (A) raise customer electricity rates by more than 
                10 percent; or
                    (B) decrease energy reliability, as determined by 
                the Administrator of the Bonneville Power 
                Administration, in any portion of Washington, Oregon, 
                Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and California by more than 10 
                percent of the energy reliability as compared to the 
                12-month period before the retirement.
            (2) Safety exception.--
    (b) Replacement of Baseload Generation.--Not later than 30 days 
after retiring an energy generation source, the Secretary shall ensure 
that not less than 100 percent of the baseload generation of the 
retired energy generation source has been replaced.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Baseload generation.--The term ``baseload generation'' 
        means the the minimum amount of electric power supplied to an 
        electrical grid.
            (2) Energy generation source.--The term ``energy generation 
        source'' means a federally operated dam that generates 
        hydropower.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior, in reference to 
                an energy generation source operated by the Bureau of 
                Reclamation; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Army, in reference to an 
                energy generation source operated by the Army Corps of 
                Engineers.
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