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Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011

Introduced: January 26, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2011
Became Public Law No: 112-72.
Dec 20, 2011
Signed by President.
Dec 13, 2011
Presented to President.
Dec 8, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 18, 2011
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6692)
Oct 18, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6692)
Oct 4, 2011
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 185.
Oct 3, 2011
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 3, 2011
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6476-6479)
Oct 3, 2011
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6476-6479)
Oct 3, 2011
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 470.
Oct 3, 2011
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6476-6480)
Oct 3, 2011
Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 20, 2011
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 104.
Jul 20, 2011
Committee on The Budget discharged.
Jul 20, 2011
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-159, Part I.
Jun 15, 2011
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 15, 2011
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 15, 2011
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
May 12, 2011
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Jan 26, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 26, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 3, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011 - (Sec. 1) Amends the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (HPPA) to modify, commencing October 1, 2017, certain statutory schedules governing contracts for delivery of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam to specified localities in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

(Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) create, from certain apportioned allocations of contingent capacity and firm energy, a resource pool equal to 5% of the full rated capacity of 2.074 million kilowatts and associated firm energy; (2) offer Schedule D contingency capacity and firm energy to new allottees not receiving contingent capacity and firm energy for delivery commencing October 1, 2017; and (3) allocate through the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) for delivery, commencing October 1, 2017, 66.7% of Schedule D contingent capacity and firm energy to specified new allottees located within the marketing area for the Boulder City Area Projects.

Requires each contract offered under HPPA to: (1) authorize and require WAPA to collect from new allottees a pro rata share of Hoover Dam repayable advances paid for by contractors before October 1, 2017, and to remit such amounts to the contractors that paid such advances in proportion to the amounts paid by them as specified in a certain Implementation Agreement; (2) permit transactions with an independent system operator; and (3) contain the same material terms included in those long-term contracts for purchases from the Hoover Power Plant that were made in accordance with HPPA and are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act.

Subjects the contractual obligation of the Secretary to deliver contingent capacity and firm energy under HPPA to the availability of the water needed to produce such contingent capacity and firm energy.

Continues through FY2067 the requirements of HPPA as the exclusive method for (in effect, congressional oversight of) the disposal of capacity and energy from Hoover Dam.

What's happening now December 20, 2011

Became Public Law No: 112-72.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 3