Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5556
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-18
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: 2018-09-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 742.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018</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>

action_date: 2018-09-20
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p><b>Environmental Compliance Cost Transparency Act of 2018</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) estimated costs and factors affecting total power costs, including total direct and indirect compliance costs; and (2) sources of replacement power.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5556 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2018 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Abraham , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Brat , Mr. Buck , Mr. Budd , Mr. Gianforte , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Jones , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. McClintock , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Norman , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Schrader , and Mr. Yoho ) 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 2018 . 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.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 742 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5556 [Report No. 115–954] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 18, 2018 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Abraham , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Brat , Mr. Buck , Mr. Budd , Mr. Gianforte , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Jones , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. McClintock , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Norman , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Schrader , and Mr. Yoho ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources September 20, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 18, 2018 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 2018 . 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 all costs and factors affecting total power costs, including 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 (including as a result of water lost to comply with any Federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife), 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) all estimated costs and factors affecting total power costs, including 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.

September 20, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed