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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY18, 2025
Mr. G
OTTHEIMERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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 con-
sumers information regarding the consumption of electric
energy or gas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Know Your Rates 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ELECTRIC CON-1
SUMERS. 2
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Section 113(b)(3) of the Pub-3
lic Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 4
2623(b)) is amended to read as follows: 5
‘‘(3) I
NFORMATION TO CONSUMERS .—Each 6
electric utility shall transmit to each of its electric 7
consumers information regarding rate schedules and 8
consumption of electric energy in accordance with 9
the requirements of section 115(f).’’. 10
(b) I
NFORMATION TO ELECTRICCONSUMERS.—Sec-11
tion 115(f) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 12
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2625) is amended by adding at the 13
end the following: 14
‘‘(4) A
DDITIONAL INFORMATION .— 15
‘‘(A) P
ROGRAM.—For purposes of the 16
standard for information to consumers estab-17
lished by section 113(b)(3), each covered elec-18
tric utility shall establish a program under 19
which such covered electric utility shall transmit 20
information in accordance with this paragraph. 21
‘‘(B) A
DDITIONAL BILLING INFORMA -22
TION.—Each covered electric utility shall in-23
clude in each billing to an electric consumer of 24
the covered electric utility— 25
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‘‘(i) the difference between the dollar 1
amount charged in the billing and the dol-2
lar amount charged in the previous billing 3
period; and 4
‘‘(ii) in dollars and in kilowatt hours, 5
the average monthly consumption of elec-6
tric energy by such electric consumer. 7
‘‘(C) U
SAGE NOTICES.—A covered electric 8
utility shall notify an electric consumer infor-9
mation relating to the average daily consump-10
tion of electric energy by such electric consumer 11
in the following manner: 12
‘‘(i) If within the first 9 days of a bill-13
ing period the average daily consumption 14
of electric energy by an electric consumer 15
exceeds the average daily consumption of 16
electric energy for the previous billing pe-17
riod, the relevant covered electric utility 18
shall notify such electric consumer on the 19
10th day of the billing period of the excess 20
consumption. 21
‘‘(ii) If within the first 19 days of a 22
billing period, or within another date an 23
electric consumer chooses, the average 24
daily consumption of electric energy by 25
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such electric consumer exceeds the average 1
daily consumption of electric energy for the 2
previous billing period, the relevant covered 3
electric utility shall notify such electric 4
consumer on the 20th day, or the day after 5
the date on which the electric consumer 6
chooses, of the excess consumption. 7
‘‘(D) O
PTIONAL NOTICE.—Under the pro-8
gram established pursuant to subparagraph 9
(A), a covered electric utility shall provide an 10
option to each electric consumer to be notified 11
by the covered electric utility in the event the 12
electric consumer, within an active billing pe-13
riod, reaches a dollar amount— 14
‘‘(i) that is based on the rate charged 15
by a covered electric utility for providing 16
electric service; 17
‘‘(ii) that reflects the amount of elec-18
tric energy consumed within the active bill-19
ing period; and 20
‘‘(iii) chosen by such electric con-21
sumer. 22
‘‘(E) C
OVERED ELECTRIC UTILITY DE -23
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘covered 24
electric utility’ means an electric utility that re-25
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ceives funding from Federal sources, as deter-1
mined by the Commission.’’. 2
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO GAS CONSUMERS. 3
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Section 303(b) of the Public 4
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 5
3203(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 6
‘‘(7) I
NFORMATION TO CONSUMERS .—Each gas 7
utility shall transmit to each of its gas consumers in-8
formation relating to the consumption of gas in ac-9
cordance with section 304(c).’’. 10
(b) I
NFORMATION TO GASCONSUMERS.—Section 11
304 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 12
(15 U.S.C. 3204) is amended by adding at the end the 13
following: 14
‘‘(c) I
NFORMATION TOCONSUMERS.— 15
‘‘(1) P
ROGRAM.—For purposes of the standard 16
for information to consumers established by section 17
303(b)(c), each covered gas utility shall establish a 18
program under which such covered gas utility 19
shall— 20
‘‘(A) in each billing to a gas consumer of 21
the covered gas utility, include— 22
‘‘(i) the difference between the dollar 23
amount charged in the billing and the dol-24
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lar amount charged in the previous billing 1
period; and 2
‘‘(ii) in dollars and therms, the aver-3
age monthly consumption of gas by such 4
gas consumer; and 5
‘‘(B) notify each such gas consumer infor-6
mation relating to the average daily consump-7
tion of gas by such gas consumer in the fol-8
lowing manner: 9
‘‘(i) If within the first 9 days of a bill-10
ing period the average daily consumption 11
of gas by a gas consumer exceeds the aver-12
age daily consumption of gas for the pre-13
vious billing period, the relevant covered 14
gas utility shall notify such gas consumer 15
on the 10th day of the billing period about 16
such exceedance. 17
‘‘(ii) If within the first 19 days of a 18
billing period, or within another date a gas 19
consumer chooses, the average daily con-20
sumption of gas by such gas consumer ex-21
ceeds the average daily consumption of gas 22
for the previous billing period, the relevant 23
covered gas utility shall notify such gas 24
consumer on the 20th day, or the day after 25
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the date on which the gas consumer choos-1
es, of the excess consumption. 2
‘‘(2) O
PTIONAL NOTICE.—Under the program 3
established pursuant to paragraph (1), a covered gas 4
utility shall provide an option to each gas consumer 5
to be notified by the covered electric utility in the 6
event the gas consumer, within an active billing pe-7
riod, reaches a dollar amount— 8
‘‘(A) that is based on the rate charged by 9
a covered gas utility for providing gas service; 10
‘‘(B) that reflects the amount of gas con-11
sumed within the active billing period; and 12
‘‘(C) chosen by such gas consumer. 13
‘‘(3) C
OVERED GAS UTILITY DEFINED .—The 14
term ‘covered gas utility’ means a gas utility that re-15
ceives funding from Federal sources, as determined 16
by the Commission.’’. 17
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