,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,casten introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require ,transmission    
,organizations to allow 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 ,act or the ,,reduce     
,act4  #b4 ,aggregator bidding into     
organized power markets  7a7 ,in general
 ,notwithstanding any prohibition       
established by ,state law or a ,state   
commission 7as such term is defined in  
section #c7ae7 of the ,federal ,power   
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gif7ae777 with     
respect to who may bid into an organized
 wholesale electric market1 each        
,transmission ,organization shall1      
consistent with any applicable market   
rules that do not establish such        

prohibition1 allow aggregators of retail
 customers to submit bids that aggregate
 demand flexibility of the customers of 
utilities that distributed more than #d 
million megawatt-hours in the previous  
fiscal year4  7b7 ,rulemaking ,not later
 than #ab months after the date of      
enactment of this section1 the ,federal 
,energy ,regulatory ,commission shall   
promulgate a final rule pursuant to     
subsection 7a74