HR 1647 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Electricity Emergency Relief Act

Introduced May 1, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Joe Barton R-TX

Latest action · May 9, 2001 Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

Progress

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IntroducedMay 1, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Electricity Emergency Relief Act - Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to: (1) establish a clearinghouse system to facilitate agreements between wholesale sellers of electric energy and wholesale purchasers willing to forego temporarily electric energy purchases to which they are entitled; (2) implement a program that authorizes any electric consumer of any electric utility within the Western Systems to sell at market prices an amount of electric load the consumer is willing to forego; (3) study electric power transmission congestion jointly with the Secretary of Energy; and (4) develop a plan to relieve constraints that reduce the efficiency of electric power transmission, including Canadian and Mexican electric transmission systems.

Authorizes the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration System to expand its transmission system to remove the PATH 15 constraint.

Establishes an Office of Tribal Energy within the Department of Energy.

Sets guidelines for either a qualifying small power production facility or cogeneration facility suspension of electric energy due to nonpayment.

Instructs FERC to promulgate a standard article to permit increased generation at licensed hydroelectric facilities.

Permits, upon request of certain State Governors: (1) the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to authorize maximized electric generation at hydropower facilities providing power to the Administration; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive Clean Air Act requirements pertaining to oxides of nitrogen for new generation units; and (3) the Secretary to authorize a qualified Federal electric generation facility to generate electric energy for consumption or for sales for local State distribution.

Authorizes a State Governor, on any high electricity emergency day, to waive Clean Air Act emission limitations.

Provides for a regional transmission organization for the region covered by the Western Systems Coordinating Council.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred May 1, 2001
	Energy Subcommittee	Referred May 1, 2001Hearings May 1, 2001Markup May 3, 2001Reported May 3, 2001
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred May 1, 2001
	Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee	Referred May 9, 2001
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred May 9, 2001
	Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee	Referred May 9, 2001

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
May 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
May 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
May 9, 2001Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
May 3, 2001Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 3, 2001Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
May 1, 2001Introduced in House
May 1, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 1, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
May 1, 2001Subcommittee Hearings Held.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H2930, H2933, H2936–H2942	Bob Filner D-CA, Brad Sherman D-CA, Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH, George Miller D-CA, Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Susan A. Davis D-CA	Jun 6, 2001
House	Debate and remarks H2269	Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ	May 16, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-14	CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES ON ENERGY POLICY74 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	May 15, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for electricity emergencies.
Short Titles as Introduced: Electricity Emergency Relief Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 1, 2001Introduced in House

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