,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbhg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #a1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,cramer 7for himself and ,mr4 
,hoeven7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
allocation of costs for certain electric
 transmission facilities to consumers in
 a ,state the public officials of which 
did not expressly consent to the        
transmission facility1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fair ,allocation of
 ,interstate ,rates ,act4  #b4 ,rates   
and charges ,section #bje of the        
,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4     
#hbd;d7 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7h7 ,prohibition on     
allocation of certain costs  7#a7       
,definitions ,in this subsection3 7,a7  
,covered policy ,the term covered policy
 means a policy of a ,state1 including  
any policy of a local political entity  

of a ,state4  7,b7 ,covered transmission
 facility ,the term covered transmission
 facility means any facility1 line1     
equipment1 or system used for the       
transmission of electric energy in      
interstate commerce that is planned1    
constructed1 or operated in whole or in 
part to implement a covered policy4     
7#b7 ,prohibition ,except as provided in
 paragraph 7#c71 a transmission provider
 providing electric service to consumers
 in #b or more ,states may not allocate 
costs for a covered transmission        
facility to a consumer served by that   
transmission provider if-- 7,a7 the     
basis for construction or implementation
 of the covered transmission facility   
is1 in whole or in part1 to implement a 
covered policy of a ,state2 and  7,b7   
the consumer is not a resident of the   
,state the covered policy of which is   
the basis for constructing or           
implementing the covered transmission   
facility4  7#c7 ,exception ,a           
transmission provider providing electric

 service to consumers in #b or more     
,states may allocate costs for a covered
 transmission facility to a consumer    
described in paragraph 7#b77;,b7 if the 
,state in which that consumer is a      
resident1 or a designated public        
official of that ,state1 expressly      
consents to such allocation of costs4   
7#d7 ,presumptions ,it shall be presumed
 that-- 7,a7 the benefits of a covered  
transmission facility accrue solely to  
the cost causers of that covered        
transmission facility2  7,b7 any        
consumer who is a resident of a ,state  
that implements a covered policy that   
is1 in whole or in part1 the basis for  
constructing or implementing a covered  
transmission facility is a cost causer  
for purposes of subparagraph 7,a72 and  
7,c7 any consumer that does not reside  
in the ,state described in subparagraph 
7,b7 is not a cost causer for purposes  
of subparagraph 7,a74  7#e7             
,implementation ,not later than #ahj    
days after the date of enactment of this

 subsection1 the ,commission shall issue
 such rules and regulations as are      
necessary to implement this subsection4 
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