Transition to Competition in the Electric Industry Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transition to Competition in the Electric Industry Act - States that no electric utility shall be required, under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electricity or capacity from or to qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities.
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations designed to ensure that no electric utility shall be required to absorb, directly or indirectly, the costs associated with purchases of electric power or capacity from a qualifying facility pursuant to PURPA obligations before enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Mar 21, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4287-4288)
- Mar 21, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4287 | Bob Graham D-FL | Mar 21, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity under section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Transition to Competition in the Electric Industry Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Alternative energy sources
- Biomass energy
- Cogeneration of electric power and heat
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Contracts
- Department of Energy
- Electric power production
- Electric utilities
- Electric utility rates
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Geothermal resources
- Government Operations and Politics
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Law
- Refuse as fuel
- Solar energy
- Wind power
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2003Introduced in Senate
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