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      "title": "Electric Utility Provisions in House-Passed H.R. 6, 109th Congress",
      "summary": "Electric utility provisions were included in comprehensive energy legislation ( H.R. 6 ) \nthat passed the House on April 21, 2005. For an analysis of all provisions of House-passed H.R.\n 6, see  CRS Report RL32936 ,  Omnibus Energy Legislation, 109th Congress: Assessment\nof H.R.  6 as passed by the House . The Senate Passed its version of H.R.  6 on\nJune 28, 2005. Conferees on H.R.  6, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, agreed on a final bill\nJuly 26, 2005 ( H.Rept. 109-190 ). On July 28, the House approved the conference report (275-156).\nSenate approval (74-26) of the conference report followed the next day. The bill was signed into law\nby President Bush on August 8, 2005.\n \n This report describes Title XII of the House-passed  H.R. 6  in the 109th Congress\nand other sections that deal with electric power issues. In part, Title XII would create an electric\nreliability organization (ERO) that would enforce mandatory reliability standards for the bulk-power\nsystem. All ERO standards would be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission\n(FERC). Under this title, the ERO could impose penalties on a user, owner, or operator of the\nbulk-power system that violates any FERC-approved reliability standard. This title also addresses\ntransmission infrastructure issues. The Secretary of Energy would be able to certify congestion on\nthe transmission lines and issue permits to transmission owners. Permit holders would be able to\npetition in U.S. district court to acquire rights-of-way for the construction of transmission lines\nthrough the exercise of the right of eminent domain. A provision that would have required FERC\nto approve participant funding for new transmission lines was removed in markup by the House\nCommittee on Energy and Commerce.\n \n The Standard Market Design notice of proposed rulemaking would be remanded to the Federal\nEnergy Regulatory Commission. This provision clarifies native load service obligation. Federal\nutilities would be allowed to participate in regional transmission organizations.\n \n The electricity title would repeal the mandatory purchase requirements under the Public Utility\nRegulatory Policy Act. The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) would be\nrepealed. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulatory bodies would be given\naccess to utility books and records.\n \n FERC would be required to issue rules to establish an electronic system that provides\ninformation about the availability and price of wholesale electric energy and transmission services. \nFor electric rates that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finds to be unjust, unreasonable,\nor unduly discriminatory, the effective date for refunds could begin at the time of the filing of a\ncomplaint with FERC but not later than five months after filing of a complaint. Criminal and civil\npenalties would be increased. The Federal Power Act would be amended to give FERC review\nauthority for transfer of assets valued in excess of $10 million. \n   This report will not be updated.",
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