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S 1219 114th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of…

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering.

Introduced: May 6, 2015 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
Energy Electric power generation and transmissionPublic utilities and utility ratesState and local government operations
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May 14, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
May 6, 2015
Introduced in Senate
May 6, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 Latest action May 14, 2015

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to define "distributed resource" as an electric power source connected directly to the distribution network or on the customer side of the meter.

State regulatory authorities shall by certain deadlines:

  • establish proceedings to examine the degree to which distributed resources contribute specified ancillary services, such as reactive supply, energy imbalance, and flexibility and ramping services, among others;
  • prescribe measures to ensure adequate ancillary services so that grid interconnection for distributed resources is safe, reliable, and efficient;
  • examine the effects of net metering and customer-owned distributed generation on resource planning of each electric utility, and
  • determine whether electricity rates established for net metering service are just and reasonable and not unduly preferential or discriminatory.
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1219: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1219/
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"S. 1219: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide for the safe and reliable interconnection of distributed resources and to provide for the examination of the effects of net metering.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1219/.
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S. 1219, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1219/.
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