HB6974: HYDRO Act of 2024 Hydropower Delivery Rate-reduction Offset Act of 2024
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To direct the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to reduce rates for firm electric service customers due to shortfalls in generation from certain Bureau of Reclamation hydroelectric facilities, and for other purposes.
Plain-language summary
The HYDRO Act of 2024 directs the Western Area Power Administration, a federal agency that sells electricity, to lower rates for certain customers when hydroelectric dams produce less power than expected. Hydroelectric facilities are dams that generate electricity using water flow. This bill affects customers who buy firm electric service, meaning guaranteed power supplies, from these federal dams in the West. The bill has been introduced in Congress and is in the early stages of the legislative process.
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HB6974: HYDRO Act of 2024 Hydropower Delivery Rate-reduction Offset Act of 2024
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Sponsors
Celeste Maloy
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (3)
John Curtis
Blake Moore
Burgess Owens