US Congress House Bill 4860 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-03-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Electric Consumer Right to Know Act or the e-KNOW Act - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to grant an electric consumer the right to access the consumer's retail electric energy information in electronic machine-readable form, in conformity with nationally recognized open standards, free of charge, and in a timely and convenient manner that provides adequate protections for information security and the consumer's privacy. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue guidelines identifying minimum national standards to implement such right of access, including: (1) guidance on the timeliness and granularity of retail electric energy information; (2) appropriate nationally recognized open standards for data; and (3) protection of data security and electric consumer privacy. Empowers the attorney general, official, or agency of the state, as parens patriae, to bring a civil action against an electric utility in U.S. district court to compel compliance with such standards. Authorizes the court to award the costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees to the party bringing a successful civil action to enforce the standards identified by the guidelines issued under this Act.

e-KNOW Act

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-16		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2010-03-16		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E386-387)

HB5696 (Related) 2010-07-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SB3487 (Related) 2010-06-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4860/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4860/BILLS-111hr4860ih.pdf