PURPA PLUS Act
Latest action · May 14, 2015 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
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.
- IntroducedMay 6, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act or the PURPA PLUS Act
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, with respect to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to prescribe rules requiring electric utilities to offer to sell and purchase electric energy to and from any qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility.
Permits state regulatory authorities or nonregulated electric utilities, acting under state authority, to set rates exceeding the incremental cost of alternative electric energy for purchases from any such qualifying facility of up to two megawatts capacity. (Current law requires FERC to set rates that do not exceed the incremental cost to the electric utility of alternative electric energy.)
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 May 6, 2015Hearings May 14, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2015Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
- May 6, 2015Introduced in Senate
- May 6, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2691-2692; text of measure as introduced: CR S2692)
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.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to expand the electric rate-setting authority of States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- PURPA PLUS Act
- PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 6, 2015Introduced in Senate
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