HR 8715
Make DTE Pay Act
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Bill overview
This bill, the Make DTE Pay Act, amends the Clean Air Act to increase penalties for investor-owned electric and gas utilities that raise rates within two years of receiving a Clean Air Act penalty. Specifically, it mandates that the penalty amount be increased by the amount of the original penalty for each rate increase the utility seeks during the subsequent two-year period. This aims to hold utilities accountable for rate hikes that occur before or after a penalty is assessed. The bill focuses on investor-owned utilities, distinguishing them from other types of energy providers.
Key provisions
- Increases penalties for investor-owned electric and gas utilities.
- Targets rate increases within a two-year window.
- Requires penalty adjustments based on previous and subsequent rate increases.
- The penalty increase mirrors the amount of the original assessment.
- Applies to stationary sources owned or operated by the utilities.
Who is affected
- Investor-owned electric utilities
- Investor-owned gas utilities
- State regulatory authorities
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Stationary sources
Notable changes
- Adds a provision to adjust penalty amounts based on rate increases.
- Specifies a two-year window for assessing rate increases and penalties.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 8715
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the enhancement of a penalty for an investor-owned electric or gas utility that increases rates within the 2-year period occurring before or after the assessment of the penalty.
This Act may be cited as the Make DTE Pay Act
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Section 120(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7420(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (8), by striking and
after the semicolon;
in paragraph (9), by striking (d)(4).
and inserting (d)(4); and
; and
by adding after paragraph (9) the following:
received in the 2-year period preceding the original assessment of the penalty; and