S 2947
113th Congress
Senate
Energy
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Public utilities and utility rates
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to clarify the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable to wholesale demand response resource participation in organized wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary service markets.
Introduced: November 20, 2014
Introduced by:
Heinrich, Martin
Democratic
· New Mexico
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 20, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory or preferential terms, conditions, and compensation applicable to wholesale demand response resource participation in organized wholesale energy, capacity, and ancillary service markets.
Defines "demand response" as a reduction in customer consumption of electric energy from the expected consumption in response to either increased electric energy prices or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electric energy consumption.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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