119-hr1412

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1412 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1412

 To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to 
 establish additional Federal standards that require electric and gas 
 utilities to transmit to each of its consumers information regarding 
 the consumption of electric energy or gas, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 18, 2025

Mr. Gottheimer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to 
 establish additional Federal standards that require electric and gas 
 utilities to transmit to each of its consumers information regarding 
 the consumption of electric energy or gas, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Know Your Rates Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ELECTRIC CONSUMERS.

    (a) Establishment.--

Section 113

    (b)

    (3) of the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2623

    (b) ) is amended to read 
as follows:
 ``

    (3) Information to consumers.--Each electric utility 
 shall transmit to each of its electric consumers information 
 regarding rate schedules and consumption of electric energy in 
 accordance with the requirements of 

section 115

    (f) .''.

    (b) Information to Electric Consumers.--

Section 115

    (f) of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2625) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4) Additional information.--
 ``
        (A) Program.--For purposes of the standard for 
 information to consumers established by 

section 113

    (b)

    (3) , each covered electric utility shall 
 establish a program under which such covered electric 
 utility shall transmit information in accordance with 
 this paragraph.
 ``
        (B) Additional billing information.--Each covered 
 electric utility shall include in each billing to an 
 electric consumer of the covered electric utility--
 ``
            (i) the difference between the dollar 
 amount charged in the billing and the dollar 
 amount charged in the previous billing period; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) in dollars and in kilowatt hours, 
 the average monthly consumption of electric 
 energy by such electric consumer.
 ``
            (C) Usage notices.--A covered electric utility 
 shall notify an electric consumer information relating 
 to the average daily consumption of electric energy by 
 such electric consumer in the following manner:
 ``
            (i) If within the first 9 days of a 
 billing period the average daily consumption of 
 electric energy by an electric consumer exceeds 
 the average daily consumption of electric 
 energy for the previous billing period, the 
 relevant covered electric utility shall notify 
 such electric consumer on the 10th day of the 
 billing period of the excess consumption.
 ``
            (ii) If within the first 19 days of a 
 billing period, or within another date an 
 electric consumer chooses, the average daily 
 consumption of electric energy by such electric 
 consumer exceeds the average daily consumption 
 of electric energy for the previous billing 
 period, the relevant covered electric utility 
 shall notify such electric consumer on the 20th 
 day, or the day after the date on which the 
 electric consumer chooses, of the excess 
 consumption.
 ``
            (D) Optional notice.--Under the program 
 established pursuant to subparagraph
        (A) , a covered 
 electric utility shall provide an option to each 
 electric consumer to be notified by the covered 
 electric utility in the event the electric consumer, 
 within an active billing period, reaches a dollar 
 amount--
 ``
            (i) that is based on the rate charged by 
 a covered electric utility for providing 
 electric service;
 ``
            (ii) that reflects the amount of electric 
 energy consumed within the active billing 
 period; and
 ``
            (iii) chosen by such electric consumer.
 ``
        (E) Covered electric utility defined.--In this 
 paragraph, the term `covered electric utility' means an 
 electric utility that receives funding from Federal 
 sources, as determined by the Commission.''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO GAS CONSUMERS.

    (a) Establishment.--

Section 303

    (b) of the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3203

    (b) ) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
 ``

    (7) Information to consumers.--Each gas utility shall 
 transmit to each of its gas consumers information relating to 
 the consumption of gas in accordance with 

section 304
            (c) .''.

    (b) Information to Gas Consumers.--

Section 304 of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3204) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Information to Consumers.--
 ``

    (1) Program.--For purposes of the standard for 
 information to consumers established by 

section 303

    (b)
            (c) , each 
 covered gas utility shall establish a program under which such 
 covered gas utility shall--
 ``
        (A) in each billing to a gas consumer of the 
 covered gas utility, include--
 ``
            (i) the difference between the dollar 
 amount charged in the billing and the dollar 
 amount charged in the previous billing period; 
 and
 ``
            (ii) in dollars and therms, the average 
 monthly consumption of gas by such gas 
 consumer; and
 ``
        (B) notify each such gas consumer information 
 relating to the average daily consumption of gas by 
 such gas consumer in the following manner:
 ``
            (i) If within the first 9 days of a 
 billing period the average daily consumption of 
 gas by a gas consumer exceeds the average daily 
 consumption of gas for the previous billing 
 period, the relevant covered gas utility shall 
 notify such gas consumer on the 10th day of the 
 billing period about such exceedance.
 ``
            (ii) If within the first 19 days of a 
 billing period, or within another date a gas 
 consumer chooses, the average daily consumption 
 of gas by such gas consumer exceeds the average 
 daily consumption of gas for the previous 
 billing period, the relevant covered gas 
 utility shall notify such gas consumer on the 
 20th day, or the day after the date on which 
 the gas consumer chooses, of the excess 
 consumption.
 ``

    (2) Optional notice.--Under the program established 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) , a covered gas utility shall provide 
 an option to each gas consumer to be notified by the covered 
 electric utility in the event the gas consumer, within an 
 active billing period, reaches a dollar amount--
 ``
        (A) that is based on the rate charged by a 
 covered gas utility for providing gas service;
 ``
        (B) that reflects the amount of gas consumed 
 within the active billing period; and
 ``
            (C) chosen by such gas consumer.
 ``

    (3) Covered gas utility defined.--The term `covered gas 
 utility' means a gas utility that receives funding from Federal 
 sources, as determined by the Commission.''.
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