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S. 313 106th Congress Senate

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999

Official title: A bill to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, to enact the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 22, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Consumer protectionDepartment of EnergyElectric utility ratesExecutive reorganizationFinance and Financial SectorGas companiesGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkHolding companiesIndependent regulatory commissionsLawPublic utility ratesPublic utility regulationSecurities and Exchange CommissionSecurities regulationSubsidiary corporationsTrade secrets
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 1999
Star Print ordered on Senate Report 106-7.
Mar 2, 1999
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 23.
Mar 2, 1999
Committee on Banking. Reported to Senate by Senator Gramm without amendment. With written report No. 106-7. Supplemental views filed.
Feb 11, 1999
Committee on Banking. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 27, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
Jan 27, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1021-1022)
Jan 27, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 9, 1999

Star Print ordered on Senate Report 106-7.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

Prescribes procedural guidelines for both Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and State access to records of a holding company (including subsidiaries, associates and affiliates) of a public utility or natural gas company.

Precludes such State access to any person that is a holding company solely by reason of ownership of one or more qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act.

Subjects production of records to such terms and conditions as may be necessary and appropriate to safeguard against unwarranted disclosure to the public of trade secrets or sensitive commercial information.

Instructs FERC to promulgate a final rule to exempt specified holding companies from such access requirements. Requires FERC to exempt any person or transaction from such access requirements if it finds that regulation of such person or transaction is irrelevant to the jurisdictional rates of a public utility or natural gas company.

Retains the jurisdiction of FERC and State commissions to determine whether a public utility company or natural gas company may recover in rates any costs of affiliate transactions.

Declares this Act inapplicable to: (1) the United States; (2) a State or its political subdivision; and (3) a foreign governmental authority not operating in the United States.

Grants FERC certain Federal Power Act enforcement powers.

Transfers from the Securities and Exchange Commission to FERC all books and records that relate primarily to the functions vested in FERC by this Act.

Authorizes appropriations.

Amends the Federal Power Act to repeal its conflict of jurisdiction guidelines.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 313: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-313/
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