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      "date": "2003-12-17",
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      "title": "Summary of Electricity Provisions in the Conference Report on H.R. 6, 108th Congress",
      "summary": "Conferees on the House and Senate energy bills ( H.R. 6 ) met on November 17, 2003\nand approved a conference report. On November 18, 2003, the House approved the Conference\nreport to  H.R. 6  by a vote of 246-180. On November 21, 2003, a cloture motion to limit\ndebate on  H.R. 6  in the Senate failed by a vote of 57-40.\n \n This report describes Title XII of the conference report on  H.R. 6  which deals with\nelectric power issues. In part, this Title would create an electric reliability organization (ERO) that\nwould enforce mandatory reliability standards for the bulk-power system. All ERO standards would\nbe approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Under this Title, the ERO\ncould impose penalties on a user, owner, or operator of the bulk-power system that violates any\nFERC-approved reliability standard. This Title also addresses transmission infrastructure issues. \nThe Secretary of Energy would be able to certify congestion on the transmission lines and issue\npermits to transmission owners. Permit holders would be able to petition in U.S. District Court to\nacquire rights-of-way for the construction of transmission lines through the exercise of the right of\neminent domain. \n \n The Standard Market Design notice of proposed rulemaking would be remanded to the Federal\nEnergy Regulatory Commission. The Conference report would clarify native load service obligation. \nFederal utilities would be allowed to participate in regional transmission organizations.\n \n The electricity Title would repeal the mandatory purchase requirements under the Public Utility\nRegulatory Policy Act. The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA) would be\nrepealed. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulatory bodies would be given\naccess to utility books and records.\n \n FERC would be required to issue rules to establish an electronic system that provides\ninformation about the availability and price of wholesale electric energy and transmission services. \nFor electric rates that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finds to be unjust, unreasonable,\nor unduly discriminatory, the effective date for refunds would begin at the time of the filing of a\ncomplaint with FERC but not later than five months after filing of a complaint. Criminal and civil\npenalties would be increased.\n \n The Secretary of Energy would be required to transmit to Congress a study on whether\nFERC\u2019s\nmerger review authority is duplicative with other agencies\u2019 authority. The Federal Power Act\nwould\nbe amended to give FERC review authority for transfer of assets valued in excess of $10 million. \n \n This report will be updated as events warrant.",
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