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S 400 112th Congress Senate Energy Electric power generation and transmission Public utilities and utility rates

A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure that rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in proportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Feb 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Feb 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Power Act to deny any rate or charge for the transmission of electric energy contained in any filing made or proceeding initiated after June 17, 2010, from being considered just and reasonable unless it is based upon an allocation of costs for new transmission facilities that is reasonably proportionate to measurable economic or reliability benefits projected, as determined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to accrue to the persons that pay such rates or charges.

What's happening now February 17, 2011

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

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Feb 17, 2011
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Feb 17, 2011
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Feb 17, 2011
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Feb 17, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 400: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure that rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in proportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit, and for other purposes.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-400/
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"S. 400: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure that rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in proportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit, and for other purposes.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-400/.
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S. 400, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-400/.
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