To require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Finance, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HA2D84CB5406A4116B60D383FE78B4DD6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Our Wallets from Excessive Rates Act or the POWER Act.
- Section HE41FF34DD42E47BD9E47C665B38702A3: 2. Notification requirements for planned rate increases A retail electric utility that intends to increase any rate applicable to electric consumers shall, in...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Finance, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
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