S 1491 112th Congress Senate Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Intergovernmental relations Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations

PURPA PLUS Act

Introduced: August 2, 2011 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Aug 2, 2011

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5261-5262)

Aug 2, 2011

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PURPA's Legislative Upgrade to State Authority Act or PURPA PLUS Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), with respect to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authority to prescribe rules requiring electric utilities to offer to sell and purchase electric energy to and from any qualifying cogeneration or small power production facility.

Permits state regulatory authorities or nonregulated electric utilities, acting under state authority, to set rates exceeding the incremental cost of alternative electric energy for purchases from any such qualifying facility of up to two megawatts capacity. (Current law requires FERC to set rates that do not exceed the incremental cost to the electric utility of alternative electric energy.)

What's happening now August 2, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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