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HR 447 119th Congress House Energy

Reliability for Ratepayers Act

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Reliability for Ratepayers Act

This bill modifies provisions concerning the hiring and compensation of employees of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), which is a nonprofit federal power marketing administration that sells hydropower in the Northwest.

Specifically, it directs BPA to develop and implement a plan that specifies and fixes the compensation for its employees, including members of the Senior Executive Service. Within a year, BPA must develop an initial compensation plan, which must be approved by the Department of Energy. BPA must implement the plan no later than one year after the plan is developed.

The compensation plan must be based on an annual survey of the prevailing compensation for similar positions in the public sectors of the electric industry, provide compensation that is competitive with similar positions among consumer-owned utilities in the Western Interconnection, be consistent with BPA's approved annual general and administrative budget, and meet other criteria as outlined in the bill. 

BPA must (1) annually review the compensation plan and make any updates as appropriate, and (2) publish the plan and any updates made to the plan.

The bill exempts BPA from certain civil service laws when it is carrying out its hiring authority.

Finally, the bill subjects BPA's employees to certain merit system principles.

What's happening now January 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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 Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • K&L GATES, LLP
    for PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC · Oregon · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
    for NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · Washington · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • K&L GATES, LLP
    for PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC · Oregon · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · May 4, 2026
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Smith, Adam
Washington · May 29, 2025
 R
Baumgartner, Michael
Washington · Apr 7, 2025
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Mar 10, 2025
 D
Salinas, Andrea
Oregon · Mar 5, 2025
 D
Randall, Emily
Washington · Feb 10, 2025
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Jan 15, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 447: Reliability for Ratepayers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-447/
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