,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bidg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,heinrich introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend the ,federal ,power ,act to       
clarify the authority of the ,federal   
,energy ,regulatory ,commission to      
prescribe just1 reasonable1 and not     
unduly discriminatory or preferential   
terms1 conditions1 and compensation     
applicable to wholesale demand response 
resource participation in organized     
wholesale energy1 capacity1 and         
ancillary service markets4  #a4         
,treatment of wholesale demand response 
resources  ,section #bjf7;a7 of the     
,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#hbd;e7a77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
designating the first through third     
sentences as paragraphs 7#a7 through    
7#c71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#d7         

,treatment of wholesale demand response 
resources  7,a7 ,definitions ,in this   
paragraph3 7i7 ,demand response ,the    
term demand response means a reduction  
in the consumption of electric energy by
 customers from their expected          
consumption in response to an increase  
in the price of electric energy or to   
incentive payments designed to induce   
lower consumption of electric energy4   
7ii7 ,demand response resource ,the term
 demand response resource means a       
resource capable of providing demand    
response4  7,b7 ,authority ,the         
,commission may prescribe just1         
reasonable1 and not unduly              
discriminatory or preferential terms1   
conditions1 and compensation applicable 
to wholesale demand response resource   
participation in organized wholesale    
energy1 capacity1 and ancillary service 
markets4  4