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S 1037 114th Congress Senate Energy Electric power generation and transmission Energy efficiency and conservation Public utilities and utility rates State and local government operations

A bill to expand the provisions for termination of mandatory purchase requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.

Introduced: April 22, 2015 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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May 14, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Apr 22, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to declare that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase electric energy from a qualifying cogeneration facility or a qualifying small power production facility if the state regulatory agency having ratemaking authority over the utility has determined that the utility has no need to acquire additional generation resources in order to meet its obligation to serve customers in the public interest.

What's happening now May 14, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1037: A bill to expand the provisions for termination of mandatory purchase requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1037/
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"S. 1037: A bill to expand the provisions for termination of mandatory purchase requirements under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1037/.
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S. 1037, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1037/.
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