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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-167
TO AMEND SECTION 203 OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT
JUNE 12, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WALDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1109]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 1109) to amend section 203 of the Federal Power Act,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
C om m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 2
Oversight Findings and Recommendations .......................................................... 2
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 2
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 2
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 2
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 2
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 3
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................. 3
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 3
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 3
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 3
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 4
Section 1. Clarification of Facility Merger Authorization ................................... 4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 4
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
Under current law, public utilities are prohibited from merging
or consolidating facilities with those of any other person without
first having secured an order of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) authorizing them to do so. H.R. 1109 would
amend the Federal Power Act to exempt facilities of a value of
$10,000,000 or less from this prohibition. The bill also directs the
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