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To require Transmission Organizations to allow bids from aggregators of certain retail customers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would require Transmission Organizations to allow aggregators of retail customers to submit bids into organized wholesale electric markets for demand flexibility. The bill overrides any state laws or state commission rules that would prohibit aggregators from bidding into these markets. Aggregators would be permitted to bundle the demand flexibility of retail customers served by utilities that distributed more than 4 million megawatt-hours in the previous fiscal year. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would be required to issue a final rule implementing these requirements within 12 months of the bill's enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sean Casten’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY $15,800
- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $13,975
- CME GROUP $12,925
- DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP $12,900
- MESIROW FINANCIAL $9,900
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Actions (2)
- Jan 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Mr. Casten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require Transmission Organizations to allow bids from aggregators of certain retail customers, 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 “Responsive Energy Demand Unlocks Clean Energy Act” or the “REDUCE Act”.
SEC. 2. AGGREGATOR BIDDING INTO ORGANIZED POWER MARKETS.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any prohibition established by State law or a State commission (as such term is defined in section 3(15) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(15))) with respect to who may bid into an organized wholesale electric market, each Transmission Organization shall, consistent with any applicable market rules that do not establish such prohibition, allow aggregators of retail customers to submit bids that aggregate demand flexibility of the customers of utilities that distributed more than 4 million megawatt-hours in the previous fiscal year.
(b) Rulemaking.—Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall promulgate a final rule pursuant to subsection (a). <all>
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