To prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers, and for other purposes.

Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to publish a cost-benefit analysis before issuing any decision that would either: (1) authorize creation of a new capacity zone, or (2) affect the supply and demand curves or models used to determine prices at points in a capacity zone.

Prohibits FERC from issuing any such decision if it determines that such analysis shows that costs will be raised for ratepayers.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4327 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4327

   To prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing 
 certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 27, 2014

   Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself and Mr. Gibson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from issuing 
 certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN FERC DECISIONS THAT WILL RAISE 
              COSTS FOR RATEPAYERS.

    (a) Cost-Benefit Analysis.--Prior to issuing a decision described 
in subsection (b), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall 
publish a cost-benefit analysis of such decision, including the likely 
financial impact of such decision on ratepayers.
    (b) Decisions.--This section applies to any decision by the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission that will--
            (1) authorize the creation of a new capacity zone; or
            (2) affect the supply and demand curves or models used to 
        determine prices at points in a capacity zone.
    (c) Prohibition.--If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
determines, through a cost-benefit analysis published under subsection 
(a), that a decision described in subsection (b) will raise costs for 
ratepayers, then the Commission may not issue such decision.
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