HR8968-118

Introduced

To amend the Federal Power Act to require annual reports on generation and load capacity by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, to establish reliability markets, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 9, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Power Act to require annual reports on generation and load capacity by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, to establish reliability markets, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Environment, 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 H29D99D215E3A4E53B6A9460337AB8E66: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping the Lights On Act.
  • Section HD2F3F7281975468083D6038AC300B78F: 2. Establishment of reliability markets for the bulk-power system The Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 215A the...
  • Section HDC88B7E3C4D54C3A9AD44EA124EB7449: 215B. Reliability markets The purpose of this section is to ensure the reliability of the bulk-power system. The Commission shall require, by rule or order,...
  • Section HA2FEF9A990B0404FA81B380CC190C9ED: 3. Cogeneration and small, power production under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 Section 210 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act...
  • Section H1775564150DB4D789FF1928D687B5E53: 4. Rebuttable presumption for certain certificates issued under the Natural Gas Act Section 7(e) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f(e)) is amended by...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Federal Power Act to require annual reports on generation and load capacity by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, to establish reliability markets, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Environment, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Federal Power Act to require annual reports on generation and load capacity by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, to establish reliability markets, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Environment Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 9, 2024

Mrs. Lesko (for herself and Mr. Latta) introduced the following …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Environment Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"dispatchable on demand short-term resource" §HD2F3F7281975468083D6038AC300B78F

an electricity generating resource— that can generate electricity as needed as directed by the operator and not be dependent on the time of day or the weather

"dispatchable on demand short-term resource" §HDC88B7E3C4D54C3A9AD44EA124EB7449

an electricity generating resource— that can generate electricity as needed as directed by the operator and not be dependent on the time of day or the weather

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