Stop Shut-Offs During Shutdowns Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Bars certain electric service shutoffs during lapses in HHS appropriations and prevents utilities from retroactively charging consumers for the resulting compliance costs.
Who Benefits and How
Households at risk of losing electricity during a federal funding lapse could get added protection against service termination.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Electric utilities would face added limits on shutoffs and could be blocked from shifting the associated compliance costs back onto consumers retroactively.
Key Provisions
- Amends PURPA shutoff procedures to bar electric service termination during periods when HHS lacks interim or full-year appropriations.
- Prevents electric utilities from retroactively assessing consumers for the costs of complying with the shutdown-period rule.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Bars certain electric service shutoffs during lapses in HHS appropriations and prevents utilities from retroactively charging consumers for the resulting compliance costs.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Government Operations, Consumer Protection
Primary Purpose
Bars certain electric service shutoffs during lapses in HHS appropriations and prevents utilities from retroactively charging consumers for the resulting compliance costs.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Electric consumers protected from shutoffs during HHS funding lapses
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Electric utilities subject to new shutoff and cost-recovery limits
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Markey (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Electric consumers protected from shutoffs during HHS funding lapses
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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