US Congress Senate Bill 1931 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-10-23 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for its customers. WAPA must publicly display on its website a database of specific information dating back to FY2008, including rates charged to customers for power and transmission services, listed by power system; the amount of capacity or energy sold by power system; and a detailed accounting of its expenditures and costs by region and for the headquarters office. Additionally, WAPA must annually update the information it provides on the website. The updates must include specified details regarding changes to the information, the reasons for the changes, and the amount of unobligated balances retained. The pilot project shall terminate in seven years.

Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-23	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
2019-10-23	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 116-142.
2019-09-25	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2019-06-20	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB4444 (Related) 2020-12-15 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 533.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1931/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1931/BILLS-116s1931is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1931/BILLS-116s1931rs.pdf