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Subtitle I—Definitions 
SEC. 1295. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—Section 3(22) of the Fed-
eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(22)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(22) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘electric 
utility’ means any person or Federal or State agency 
(including any entity described in section 201(f)) 
that sells electric energy; such term includes the 
Tennessee Valley Authority and each Federal power 
marketing administration.’’. 
(b) TRANSMITTING UTILITY.—Section 3(23) of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(23)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(23) 
TRANSMITTING
UTILITY.—The 
term 
‘transmitting utility’ means an entity, including any 
entity described in section 201(f), that owns, oper-
ates, or controls facilities used for the transmission 
of electric energy—
‘‘(A) in interstate commerce; or 
‘‘(B) for the sale of electric energy at 
wholesale.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the 
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
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‘‘(26) ELECTRIC
COOPERATIVE.—The term 
‘electric cooperative’ means a cooperatively owned 
electric utility. 
‘‘(27) RTO.—The term ‘Regional Transmission 
Organization’ or ‘RTO’ means an entity of sufficient 
regional scope approved by the Commission to exer-
cise operational or functional control of facilities 
used for the transmission of electric energy in inter-
state commerce and to ensure nondiscriminatory ac-
cess to such facilities. 
‘‘(28) ISO.—The term ‘Independent System 
Operator’ or ‘ISO’ means an entity approved by the 
Commission to exercise operational or functional 
control of facilities used for the transmission of elec-
tric energy in interstate commerce and to ensure 
nondiscriminatory access to such facilities.’’. 
(d) COMMISSION.—For the purposes of this title, the 
term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—Section 201(f) of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824(f)) is amended by adding after 
‘‘political subdivision of a state,’’ the following: ‘‘an elec-
tric cooperative that has financing under the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) or that sells
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less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per 
year,’’. 
Subtitle J—Technical and 
Conforming Amendments 
SEC. 1297. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Federal Power Act is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 201(b)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
824(b)(2)) is amended as follows: 
(A) In the first sentence by striking ‘‘210, 
211, and 212’’ and inserting ‘‘203(a)(2), 
206(e), 210, 211, 211A, 212, 215, 216, 217, 
218, 219, 220, 221, and 222’’. 
(B) In the second sentence by striking 
‘‘210 or 211’’ and inserting ‘‘203(a)(2), 206(e), 
210, 211, 211A, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 
220, 221, and 222’’. 
(C) Section 201(b)(2) of such Act is 
amended by striking ‘‘The’’ in the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding section 
201(f), the’’ and in the second sentence after 
‘‘any order’’ by inserting ‘‘or rule’’. 
(2) Section 201(e) of such Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘210, 211, or 212’’ and inserting ‘‘206(e), 
206(f), 210, 211, 211A, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 
219, 220, 221, and 222’’.
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(3) Section 206 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 824e) 
is amended as follows: 
(A) In subsection (b), in the seventh sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘the public utility to make’’. 
(B) In the first sentence of subsection (a), 
by striking ‘‘hearing had’’ and inserting ‘‘hear-
ing held’’. 
(4) Section 211(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
824j(c)) is amended by—
(A) striking ‘‘(2)’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’
(C) striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
and 
(D) striking ‘‘termination of modification’’ 
and inserting ‘‘termination or modification’’. 
(5) Section 211(d)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
824j(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘electric utility’’ 
the second time it appears and inserting ‘‘transmit-
ting utility’’. 
(6) Section 315 (c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
825n(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section’’.
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Subtitle K—Economic Dispatch 
SEC. 1298. ECONOMIC DISPATCH. 
Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 223. JOINT BOARD ON ECONOMIC DISPATCH. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall convene 
a joint board pursuant to section 209 of this Act to study 
the issue of security constrained economic dispatch for a 
market region. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall request 
each State to nominate a representative for such joint 
board. 
‘‘(c) POWERS.—The board’s sole authority shall be 
to consider issues relevant to what constitutes ‘security 
constrained economic dispatch’ and how such a mode of 
operating an electric energy system affects or enhances the 
reliability and affordability of service to customers. 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—The board shall 
issue a report on these matters within one year of enact-
ment of this section, including any consensus rec-
ommendations for statutory or regulatory reform.’’.
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TITLE XIII—ENERGY TAX 
INCENTIVES 
SEC. 1300. SHORT TITLE; ETC. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Enhanced Energy Infrastructure and Technology Tax 
Act of 2005’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
Subtitle A—Energy Infrastructure 
Tax Incentives 
SEC. 1301. NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINES TREATED AS 7-
YEAR PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
168(e)(3) (relating to classification of certain property) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii), by 
redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v), and by inserting 
after clause (iii) the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) any natural gas gathering line, 
and’’.
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(b) NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINE.—Subsection (i) 
of section 168 is amended by inserting after paragraph 
(16) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) NATURAL
GAS
GATHERING
LINE.—The 
term ‘natural gas gathering line’ means—
‘‘(A) the pipe, equipment, and appur-
tenances determined to be a gathering line by 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
and 
‘‘(B) the pipe, equipment, and appur-
tenances used to deliver natural gas from the 
wellhead or a commonpoint to the point at 
which such gas first reaches—
‘‘(i) a gas processing plant, 
‘‘(ii) an interconnection with a trans-
mission pipeline for which a certificate as 
an interstate transmission pipeline has 
been issued by the Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission, 
‘‘(iii) an interconnection with an 
intrastate transmission pipeline, or 
‘‘(iv) a direct interconnection with a 
local distribution company, a gas storage 
facility, or an industrial consumer.’’.
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(c) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in 
section 168(g)(3)(B) is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to subparagraph (C)(iii) the following:
‘‘(C) (iv) ....................................................................................................
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(d) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX EXCEPTION.—Sub-
paragraph (B) of section 56(a)(1) is amended by inserting 
before the period the following: ‘‘, or in section 
168(e)(3)(C)(iv)’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
April 11, 2005. 
SEC. 1302. NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION LINES TREATED 
AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
168(e)(3) (relating to classification of certain property) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (v), by 
striking the period at the end of clause (vi) and inserting 
‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(vii) any natural gas distribution 
line.’’. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in 
section 168(g)(3)(B) is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to subparagraph (E)(vi) the following:
‘‘(E) (vii) ...................................................................................................
35’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
April 11, 2005. 
SEC. 1303. ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PROPERTY TREATED 
AS 15-YEAR PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
168(e)(3) (relating to classification of certain property), 
as amended by section 1302 of this title, is amended by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (vi), by striking the 
period at the end of clause (vii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, 
and by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(viii) any section 1245 property (as 
defined in section 1245(a)(3)) used in the 
transmission at 69 or more kilovolts of 
electricity for sale and the original use of 
which commences with the taxpayer after 
April 11, 2005.’’. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—The table contained in 
section 168(g)(3)(B) is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to subparagraph (E)(vii) the following:
‘‘(E) (viii) ..................................................................................................
30’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
April 11, 2005.