,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1 #bjbb
 ,mr4 ,cohen introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,federal ,power ,act and the  
,tennessee ,valley ,authority ,act of   
#aicc to reform the ,tennessee ,valley  
,authority's ratemaking authorities1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,tva    
,reform and ,consumer ,protection ,act4 
#b4 ,tennessee ,valley ,authority       
reforms  7a7 ,federal ,power ,act       
amendments  7#a7 ,applicability of part 
,section #bja7;f7 of the ,federal ,power
 ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbd7;f77 is       

amended by inserting 7other than the    
,tennessee ,valley ,authority7 after    
instrumentality4  7#b7 ,certain wheeling
 authority ,section #baa of the ,federal
 ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbd;j7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7f7 ,transfer of control of 
transmitting facilities ,nothing in this
 section authorizes the ,commission to  
require the ,tennessee ,valley          
,authority to transfer control or       
operational control of its transmitting 
facilities to a ,transmission           
,organization that is designated to     
provide nondiscriminatory transmission  
access4  4  7#c7 ,provisions regarding  
certain orders requiring interconnection
 or wheeling ,section #bab7;j7 of the   
,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#hbdk7j77 is repealed4  7b7 ,tennessee  
,valley ,authority ,act of #aicc        
amendments  7#a7 ,duties of the board of
 directors ,section #b7;g77#a77,l7 of   
the ,tennessee ,valley ,authority ,act  
of #aicc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4                 

#hca;a7g77#a77,l77 is amended by        
inserting 1 subject to approval by the  
,federal ,energy ,regulatory ,commission
 before the semicolon4  7#b7 ,sale of   
surplus power ,section #aj of the       
,tennessee ,valley ,authority ,act of   
#aicc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hca;i7 is         
amended-- 7,a7 by striking for a term   
not exceeding twenty years2  7,b7 by    
striking all contracts made with private
 companies or individuals for the sale  
of power1 which power is to be resold   
for a profit1 shall contain a provision 
authorizing the ,board to cancel said   
contract upon five years' notice in     
writing1 if the ,board needs said power 
to supply the demands of ,states1       
counties1 or municipalities4 ,in order  
and inserting in order2  7,c7 by        
striking at reasonable rates and to make
 such rules and regulations governing   
such sale and distribution of such      
electric power as in its judgment may be
 just and equitable and inserting at    
just and reasonable rates1 and to make  

rules and regulations governing such    
sale and distribution of such electric  
power that are just and reasonable1     
subject to approval by the ,federal     
,energy ,regulatory ,commission2 and    
7,d7 by striking and in case the        
purchaser shall fail to comply with any 
such terms and conditions1 or violate   
any such rules and regulations1 said    
contract may provide that it shall be   
voidable at the election of the ,board  
and inserting subject to approval by the
 ,federal ,energy ,regulatory           
,commission4  7#c7 ,rates when sold for 
resale at profit ,section #ab of the    
,tennessee ,valley ,authority ,act of   
#aicc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hcak7 is amended  
by striking as reasonable1 just1 and    
fair2 and in case of any such sale1 if  
an amount is charged the ultimate       
consumer which is in excess of the price
 so deemed to be just1 reasonable1 and  
fair by the ,board1 the contract for    
such sale between the ,board and such   
distributor of electricity shall be     

voidable at the election of the ,board  
and inserting as just and reasonable1   
subject to approval by the ,federal     
,energy ,regulatory ,commission4  7#d7  
,restriction on contracts for sale or   
delivery of power ,section #ae;d7a7 of  
the ,tennessee ,valley ,authority ,act  
of #aicc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hcan-#d7;a77 is
 amended-- 7,a7 by striking ,unless     
otherwise specifically authorized by    
,act of ,congress the ,corporation shall
 make no contracts for the sale or      
delivery of power which would have the  
effect of making the ,corporation or its
 distributors1 directly or indirectly1 a
 source of power supply outside the area
 for which the ,corporation or its      
distributors were the primary source of 
power supply on ,july #a1 #aieg1 and    
such additional area extending not more 
than five miles around the periphery of 
such area as may be necessary to care   
for the growth of the ,corporation and  
its distributors within said area3      
,provided1 however1 ,that such          

additional area shall not in any event  
increase by more than #ba_/b per centum 
7or two thousand square miles1 whichever
 is the lesser7 the area for which the  
,corporation and its distributors were  
the primary source of power supply on   
,july #a1 #aieg3 ,and provided further1 
,that no part of such additional area   
may be in a ,state not now served by the
 ,corporation or its distributors or in 
a municipality receiving electric       
service from another source on or after 
,july #a1 #aieg1 and no more than five  
hundred square miles of such additional 
area may be in any one ,state now served
 by the ,corporation or its             
distributors42  7,b7 by striking        
,nothing in this subsection shall       
prevent the ,corporation or its         
distributors from supplying electric    
power to any customer within any area in
 which the ,corporation or its          
distributors had generally established  
electric service on ,july #a1 #aieg1 and
 to which electric service was not being

 supplied from any other source on the  
effective date of this ,act42 and  7,c7 
by striking ,nothing in this subsection 
shall prevent the ,corporation1 when    
economically feasible1 from making      
exchange power arrangements with other  
power-generating organizations with     
which the ,corporation had such         
arrangements on ,july #a1 #aieg and     
inserting ,nothing in this ,act shall   
prevent the ,corporation or its         
distributors from supplying electric    
power to any customer within any area1  
nor prevent the ,corporation1 when      
economically feasible1 from making      
exchange power arrangements with other  
power-generating organizations4