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Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act [HB-7429]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Trade ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[International ]
To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity.
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Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act [HB-7401]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To provide for Federal and State agency coordination in the approval of certain authorizations under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes.
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Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2020 [HB-7404]
[Energy ]
[Trade ]
[International ]
Grants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the authority to approve or deny applications for facilities, such as Liquefied Natural Gas terminals, to export natural gas from the United States to foreign countries or import natural gas from foreign countries.
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Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act [HB-7410]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
To modernize the hydropower licensing process and to promote next generation hydropower projects, and for other purposes.
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Energy Infrastructure Protection Act of 2020 [S.3688]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Secretary of Energy to offer assistance in securing the assets of the owners and operators of energy infrastructure against threats and increasing the security of the electric grid, and for other purposes.
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Protecting Natural Gas Consumers from Overcharges Act of 2020 [HB-5718]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To establish a refund effective date for rates and charges under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes.
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Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019 [HB-5511]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to consider (1) the effectiveness of existing planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, operational, and public policy benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; (2) changes to such processes to ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial transmission solutions are selected for construction; and (3) cost allocation methodologies
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Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act of 2019 [S.3109]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a rulemaking to consider (1) the effectiveness of existing planning processes for identifying transmission projects across regions that provide economic, reliability, operational, and public policy benefits, taking into consideration the public interest, the integrity of markets, and the protection of consumers; (2) changes to such processes to ensure that efficient, cost-effective, and broadly beneficial transmission solutions are selected for construction; and (3) cost allocation methodologies
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Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act [HB-3983]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To provide for Federal and State agency coordination in the approval of certain authorizations under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes.
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MPACT Act Making Pipelines Accountable to Consumers and Taxpayers Act [S.2771]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes.
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To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider greenhouse gas emissions related to natural gas pipelines, and for other purposes. [HB-4657]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to consider greenhouse gas emissions associated with the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline when considering whether to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the pipeline. FERC shall also consider the greenhouse gas impacts of the production, transportation, and combustion of the natural gas transported through the pipeline.
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PROTECT Act of 2019 Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2019 [S.2556]
[Energy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[National Security ]
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide energy cybersecurity investment incentives, to establish a grant and technical assistance program for cybersecurity investments, and for other purposes.
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Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act [HB-3671]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend the FAST Act to improve the Federal permitting process, and for other purposes.
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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 [S.2470]
[Energy ]
[Water ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Safety ]
[Funding ]
Provides FY2020 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and independent agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for Investigations, Construction, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Operation and Maintenance, the Regulatory Program, the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,
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Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act [S.1976]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Energy ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to amend the FAST Act to improve the Federal permitting process, and for other purposes.
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Public Engagement at FERC Act [HB-3240]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend the Federal Power Act to establish an Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy.
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UPDATE PURPA Act Updating Purchase Obligations to Deploy Affordable Resources to Energy Markets Under PURPA Act [S.1760]
[Energy ]
A bill to modernize the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and for other purposes.
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Public Engagement at FERC Act [S.1477]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to establish an Office of Public Participation and Consumer Advocacy.
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Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2019 [HB-2152]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Construction ]
Prohibits the construction and operation of specified natural gas projects until certain Massachusetts state agencies certify that such projects do not pose a danger to surrounding residential communities and the general public. Specifically, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must revoke the certificates of public convenience and necessity it issued authorizing the construction and operation of the Weymouth Compressor Station (Atlantic Bridge Project) in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline (Algonquin Incremental
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Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act [S.869]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes the President to require an independent regulatory agency to (1) comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to other federal agencies, (2) provide the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs with an assessment of the costs and benefits of a proposed or final economically significant rule and an assessment of costs and benefits of potentially effective and reasonably feasible alternatives to the rule, (3) publish the assessments with the rules, and (4) submit to the office for review any proposed or final economically
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