US Congress House Bill 5696 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on July 1 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-07-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in electronic machine-readable form, in a manner that is timely and provides adequate protections for the information's privacy and security. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a model rule prescribing minimum national standards to implement such right of access. Includes within such right of access an Internet website of retail electric energy information. Requires the Secretary of Energy, in determining whether to award federal smart grid support to a retail electric utility, to give preference to any applicant that has implemented policies for electric consumer access to retail electric energy information at least as stringent as those prescribed by the model rule. Sets forth procedures for state consideration of the FERC model.

e-KNOW Act

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-07-01		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HB4860 (Related) 2010-03-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SB3487 (Related) 2010-06-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5696/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr5696/BILLS-111hr5696ih.pdf