,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ag1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,benishek 7for himself and ,mr4    
,peters of ,michigan7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,power
 ,act to require the ,federal ,energy   
,regulatory ,commission to review the   
decisions of the ,north ,american       
,electric ,reliability ,corporation     
affecting cost allocation under system  
support resources agreements4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,providing ,opportunities to ,work  
for ,energy ,reliability ,act or the    
,,power ,act4  #b4 ,review of decisions 
of ,north ,american ,electric           
,reliability ,corporation affecting cost
 allocation under system support        
resources agreements ,section #bje of   
the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 
#hbd;d7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7g7 ,review of decisions

 of ,north ,american ,electric          
,reliability ,corporation affecting cost
 allocation under system support        
resources agreements  7#a7 ,definitions 
,in this subsection3  7,a7 ,system      
support resources agreement  7i7 ,in    
general ,the term system support        
resources agreement means an agreement  
between the owner of a system support   
resources unit and a transmission       
organization that provides for--  7,i7  
operation of the system support         
resources unit for a period past the    
date on which the owner of the system   
support resources unit proposes to      
suspend the operation of1 or retire1 the
 system support resources unit2  7,,ii7 
the payments to be made to the owner of 
the system support resources unit for   
the continued operation2 and  7,,iii7   
the manner in which the costs for the   
continued operation will be recovered4  
7ii7 ,inclusions ,the term system       
support resources agreement includes the
 associated rate schedule1 or any other 

allocation of costs1 for an agreement   
described in clause 7i74  7,b7 ,system  
support resources unit ,the term system 
support resources unit means a          
generating unit that has been designated
 by a transmission organization as a    
system support resources unit on--  7i7 
an application to the transmission      
organization by the owner of the unit to
 retire or suspend operation of the     
unit2 and  7ii7 a determination by the  
transmission organization that the      
operation of the unit is necessary to   
operate the transmission system         
consistent with applicable reliability  
standards4  7,c7 ,transmission          
organization ,the term transmission     
organization has the meaning given the  
term in section #bae7;a74  7#b7 ,review 
by commission  7,a7 ,in general ,the    
,commission shall review any decision by
 the ,north ,american ,electric         
,reliability ,corporation to approve a  
new balancing authority that would alter
 cost allocations under an existing     

system support resources agreement4     
7,b7 ,suspension of effectiveness ,the  
new balancing authority described in    
subparagraph 7,a7 shall not take effect 
until approved by the ,commission4  7#c7
 ,cost-benefit analysis ,prior to       
issuing a decision under paragraph 7#d71
 the ,commission shall publish a        
cost-benefit analysis of the proposed   
decision described in paragraph         
7#b77;,a71 including the likely         
financial impact of the decision on     
ratepayers4  7#d7 ,decision by          
commission  7,a7 ,in general ,the       
,commission shall--  7i7 review a       
decision of the ,north ,american        
,electric ,reliability ,corporation     
described in paragraph 7#b77;,a72 and   
7ii7 issue a decision that approves1    
disapproves1 or modifies the decision of
 the ,north ,american ,electric         
,reliability ,corporation4  7,b7        
,disapproval ,the ,commission shall     
disapprove a decision of the ,north     
,american ,electric ,reliability        

,corporation described in paragraph     
7#b77;,a7 if the ,commission determines 
that the decision would result in       
unjust1 unreasonable1 unduly            
discriminatory1 or otherwise unlawful   
rates for ratepayers4  4