U.S. Congress - S.3487 e-KNOW Act
S.3487 - e-KNOW Act
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)
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- Official: A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: e-KNOW Act as introduced.
- Short: Electric Consumer Right to Know Act as introduced.
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6/15/2010--Introduced.Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or the e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in an electronic form, in conformity with nationaOfficial Summary
6/15/2010--Introduced.Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or the e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in an electronic form, in conformity with nationally recognized open standards, free of charge, and in a manner that is timely and convenient and that provides adequate protections for the security of the information and the privacy of the electric consumer. Requires such information to be provided by the consumer's retail electricity provider (or such other entity as may be designated by the authority responsible for regulating the retail sale and delivery of electricity to the consumer). Identifies the type of retail electric energy information which the consumer has the right to access, including:(1) the consumer's electric energy consumption over a defined time period; and
(2) the prices or rates applied to the consumer's electricity usage for such time period.Permits a utility providing retail electric energy information to recover in rates the cost of providing the information, if the cost is determined reasonable and prudent by the entity with jurisdiction over metering and retail electric service for the consumer. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to:
(1) issue guidelines that establish minimum national standards for implementation of the electric consumer right to access retail electric energy information; and
(2) preserve the integrity of and be guided by actions taken by state and local regulatory authorities to ensure electric consumer access to such information. Empowers the attorney general, official, or agency of the state, as parens patriae, to bring a civil action in federal district court to compel compliance with such standards.
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Berlin u. a. [de Gruyter] 2004, S. 3487-3503. Hess-Lüttich, E. W. B.; Wenz, K. (Hrsg.): Stile des Intermedialen. Zur Semiotik des Übergangs. (= Kodikas/Code. Ars Semeiotica 29, 1-3). Tübingen [Gunter Narr] 2006. ...
Tendril Tendril Comment Results in New Legislation for Colorado
One of the bills, the Electric Consumer Right to Know Act of 2010 (S.3487), is a direct response to a comment made earlier this year by Tendril's own Senior Director of Policy Strategy, Cameron Brooks. While participating in the ...
Bill Action: Introduced: S. 3487: A bill to amend the Public ...
Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO] introduced this bill. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]. Check our new spin-off GovTrackInsider.com for original and syndicated reporting of what is happening in Congress.
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