Fair RATES Act

Bill: 114-hr-2984
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2015-07-08
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Electric power generation and transmission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Public utilities and utility rates
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act or the Fair RATES Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Power Act to permit a party to seek a rehearing and subsequent judicial review of any rate change filed by a public utility that takes effect without the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issuing an order making such change effective. (Public utilities must give FERC and the public a 60-day notice before a proposed rate change can take effect.)</p>

action_date: 2016-03-14
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act or the Fair RATES Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Power Act to permit a party to seek a rehearing and subsequent judicial review of any rate change filed by a public utility that takes effect without the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issuing an order making such change effective. (Public utilities must give FERC and the public a 60-day notice before a proposed rate change can take effect.)</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2984 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2015 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Neal , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Keating , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Welch , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Capuano , and Ms. Tsongas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act or the Fair RATES Act . 2. Amendment to the Federal Power Act Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824d(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any absence of action by the Commission that allows a change to take effect under this section, including the Commission allowing the sixty days’ notice herein provided to expire without Commission action, shall be treated as an order issued by the Commission accepting such change for purposes of section 313. .

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2984 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act or the Fair RATES Act . 2. Amendment to the Federal Power Act Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824d(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any absence of action by the Commission that allows a change to take effect under this section, including the Commission allowing the sixty days’ notice herein provided to expire without Commission action, shall be treated as an order issued by the Commission accepting such change for purposes of section 313. .

Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2984 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2016 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources AN ACT To amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act or the Fair RATES Act . 2. Amendment to the Federal Power Act Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824d(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any absence of action by the Commission that allows a change to take effect under this section, including the Commission allowing the sixty days’ notice herein provided to expire without Commission action, shall be treated as an order issued by the Commission accepting such change for purposes of section 313. .

Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 347 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2984 [Report No. 114–452] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 8, 2015 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Neal , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Keating , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Welch , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Capuano , and Ms. Tsongas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce March 14, 2016 Additional sponsors: Mr. Hudson , Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Bost , and Ms. Kelly of Illinois March 14, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Federal Power Act to provide that any inaction by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows a rate change to go into effect shall be treated as an order by the Commission for purposes of rehearing and court review.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Ratepayer Accountability, Transparency, and Efficiency Standards Act or the Fair RATES Act . 2. Amendment to the Federal Power Act Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824d(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any absence of action by the Commission that allows a change to take effect under this section, including the Commission allowing the sixty days’ notice herein provided to expire without Commission action, shall be treated as an order issued by the Commission accepting such change for purposes of section 313. .

March 14, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed