To provide equity in the Pacific Northwest in the event of the loss of a regional electric generating resource through a state initiative.

Amends the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Act to provide that if a Federal electric generating base resource is closed in the Northwest region due to passage of a State voting initiative, the resulting outages, transmission problems, and costs shall not be passed on to the consumers of other States in the region.

 
HR 5808 IH
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
 H. R. 5808
To provide equity in the Pacific Northwest in the event of the loss of a
regional electric generating resource through a State initiative.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 10, 1990
Mr. MORRISON of Washington (for himself and Mr. SWIFT) introduced the
following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and
Commerce and Interior and Insular Affairs
A BILL
To provide equity in the Pacific Northwest in the event of the loss of a
regional electric generating resource through a State initiative.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
  of America in Congress assembled, That the Pacific Northwest Electric Power
  and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839) is amended by adding the following
  new section:
  `SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, if persons
  voting in one State within the region force the closure of a Federal
  base resource through a State initiative, the full costs and resulting
  outages and other transmission problems shall in no case be passed on to
  the residential, agricultural, direct service, or other consumers in other
  States in the region.'.