H.R. 1572: Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017
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H.R. 1572: Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-16 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017
Plain summary
Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility, to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would: result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology; shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers who do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or resource conditions exist among the electricity consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side technology; negatively affect resource utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability, or grid security; give any unfair competitive advantage to market the customer-side technology, including an analysis of whether a state regulatory authority has uncovered fraudulent customer-side technology marketing practices; and be necessary to fulfill an obligation to serve electric consumers. The bill sets deadlines within which the regulatory authority or electric utility must set a hearing date to consider and subsequently determine the subsidization of customer-side technology.
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Official text
Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] · 1 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] reported raising $4.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1572.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr1572 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115