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S. 2929: Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act

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S. 2929: Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-11-17 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-11-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act

Plain summary

Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review any decision by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NAERC) to approve a new balancing authority that would alter cost allocations under an existing system support resources agreement. Precludes such new balancing authority from taking effect until approved by FERC. Requires FERC to publish a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed NAERC decision, including its likely financial impact upon ratepayers, before issuing a decision to approve, disapprove, or modify the NAERC decision.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Providing Opportunities to Work for Energy Reliability Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s2929 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113