Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1869
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-04-16
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Consumer affairs

Electric power generation and transmission

Environmental regulatory procedures

Public utilities and utility rates

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to include in monthly billing statements sent to each customer estimates of the customer's share of such administration's direct and indirect costs for compliance with any relevant federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife. </p> <p>Each administration must report each year on: (1) estimates of its total direct and indirect compliance costs, and (2) sources of replacement power.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1869 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2015 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Amodei , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Jones , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Neugebauer , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Stewart , Mr. Zinke , Mrs. Love , Mr. Newhouse , and Mr. Blum ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide for transparency and reporting related to direct and indirect costs incurred by the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration related to compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2015 . 2. Transparency and reporting (a) Information included in monthly billing to power customers The Administrators of each of the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration shall include in monthly billings sent to each of their power customers information estimating and reporting the costs of the customer’s share of the direct and indirect costs that are incurred by the administration related to compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife considered by the Administrator concerned, at that Administrator’s sole discretion after consultation with consumers, to be relevant. (b) Direct costs Direct costs reported under this section shall include Federal agency obligations related to costs of studies; capital, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs; and staffing costs. (c) Indirect costs Indirect costs reported under this section shall include foregone generation and replacement power costs, including the net costs of any transmission. (d) Coordination The Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and the head of any other affected Federal agency shall assist the Administrators with the identification of the costs. (e) Report No later than January 30 of each year, each of the Administrators referred to in subsection (a), in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation and other affected Federal agencies, shall provide an annual report to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate that includes— (1) estimates of the total direct and indirect costs that are incurred by the administration related to compliance with any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife considered by the Administrator concerned, at that Administrator’s sole discretion after consultation with consumers, to be relevant; and (2) the sources of replacement power.