Bill Summary & Status for the 107th Congress

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H.R.381
Title: To prospectively repeal section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 1/31/2001)      Cosponsors: 11
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
1/31/2001:
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2/14/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
COMMITTEE(S):
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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(11), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Bilirakis, Michael - 3/13/2001 [FL-9] Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 6/7/2001 [NY-23]
Rep Boyd, Allen - 3/13/2001 [FL-2] Rep Brown, Corrine - 3/27/2001 [FL-3]
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. - 3/27/2001 [NJ-11] Rep Hastings, Doc - 3/13/2001 [WA-4]
Rep Istook, Ernest J., Jr. - 3/29/2001 [OK-5] Rep Lewis, Jerry - 3/13/2001 [CA-40]
Rep Mica, John L. - 3/29/2001 [FL-7] Rep Murtha, John P. - 3/27/2001 [PA-12]
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 3/13/2001 [NY-10]

SUMMARY AS OF:
1/31/2001--Introduced.

Ratepayer Protection Act - Declares that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or sell electric energy or capacity pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 governing cogeneration and small power production.

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate and enforce regulations to assure that no utility shall be required to absorb the costs associated with electric energy or capacity purchases from a qualifying facility executed before this Act's enactment date, and governed by such provisions (thus assuring such utilities recovery of all costs associated with such purchases). Provides that such regulations shall be treated as a rule enforceable under the Federal Power Act.