,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #af1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,durbin introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
require ,transmission ,organizations to 
accept bids from aggregators of certain 
retail customers1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,responsive ,energy 
,demand ,unlocks ,clean ,energy ,act4   
#b4 ,aggregator bidding into organized  
power markets  7a7 ,definitions of      
,state regulatory authority and         
,transmission ,organization ,in this    
section1 the terms ,state regulatory    
authority and ,transmission             
,organization have the meanings given   
those terms in section #c of the        
,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#gif74  7b7 ,requirement                
,notwithstanding any prohibition        
established by a ,state regulatory      

authority with respect to who may bid   
into an organized power market1 each    
,transmission ,organization shall accept
 any bid from an aggregator of retail   
customers that aggregated the demand    
response of the customers of any utility
 that distributed more than #d1jjj1jjj  
megawatt-hours in the previous fiscal   
year4  7c7 ,rulemaking ,not later than  
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,federal ,energy        
,regulatory ,commission shall issue a   
rule to carry out the requirements of   
subsection 7b74