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HR 4316 104th Congress House

To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly certain transboundary air pollution, and…

Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly cer… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly certain transboundary air pollution, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 1996 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Energy Air pollution controlCarbon dioxideElectric powerElectric power distribution
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Oct 9, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Sep 28, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Sep 28, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 9, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Power Act to declare that, from September 26, 1996, until an amendment to the Clean Air Act has been enacted to reduce transboundary air pollution associated with ozone and ozone precursors, PM-10, mercury, and carbon dioxide, neither the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nor any State may permit any arrangement for the interstate sale of electric energy to any retail electric customer located within the exclusive service territory of any State electric utility serving retail electric customers in that State (retail wheeling).

Exempts from such moratorium any electric energy sale: (1) by a State regulated or nonregulated electric utility to retail customers located within the utility's exclusive service territory; or (2) pursuant to an arrangement entered into before September 26, 1996.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4316: To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly certain transboundary air pollution, and for other purposes.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4316/
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"H.R. 4316: To amend the Federal Power Act to provide a moratorium on the retail wheeling of electric energy until the Clean Air Act is amended to reduce significantly certain transboundary air pollution, and for other purposes.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4316/.
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H.R. 4316, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-4316/.
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