Fair RATES Act

Bill: 115-hr-587
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-17
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: 2017-01-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-17
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: 2017-01-23
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 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 587 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 60 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 January 23, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 587 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 17, 2017 Mr. Kennedy 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: IIB 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 587 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 24, 2017 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 60 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 January 23, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.