,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjbe,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 
allow aggregators of retail customers to
 submit to organized wholesale electric 
markets bids that aggregate demand      
flexibility of customers of certain     
utilities1 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 defined in section #c of 
the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 
#gif77 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 a      
prohibition1 allow aggregators of retail
 customers to submit bids that aggregate
 demand flexibility of customers of     
utilities that distributed more than    
#d1jjj1jjj megawatt-hours in the        
previous fiscal year4  7b7 ,rulemaking  
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal 
,energy ,regulatory ,commission shall   
issue a rule to carry out the           
requirements of subsection 7a74