H.R. 3628 — what changed

State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act

From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 1 added between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.

Sec. 3 GAO report on effectiveness of integrated resource planning in ensuring sufficient reliable generation facilities

added

(a)

added Report— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of integrated resource planning employed by State regulated electric utilities prior to the implementation of section 111(d)(22) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)(22)), as added by section 2 of this Act, in ensuring sufficient reliable generation facilities to maintain the reliability, stability, and affordability of electric service for electric consumers.

(b)

added Definitions— In this section:

(1)

added Electric consumer; integrated resource planning; State regulated electric utility— The terms electric consumer, “integrated resource planning”, and State regulated electric utility have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602).

(2)

added Reliable generation facility— The term reliable generation facility has the meaning given such term in section 111(d)(22) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)(22)), as added by section 2 of this Act.