119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 15, 2025
Reliability for Ratepayers Act
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Latest action (Jan 15, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 15, 2025)
Reliability for Ratepayers Act
This bill modifies provisions concerning the hiring and compensation of employees of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), which is a nonprofit federal power marketing administration that sells hydropower in the Northwest.
Specifically, it directs BPA to develop and implement a plan that specifies and fixes the compensation for its employees, including members of the Senior Executive Service. Within a year, BPA must develop an initial compensation plan, which must be approved by the Department of Energy. BPA must implement the plan no later than one year after the plan is developed.
The compensation plan must be based on an annual survey of the prevailing compensation for similar positions in the public sectors of the electric industry, provide compensation that is competitive with similar positions among consumer-owned utilities in the Western Interconnection, be consistent with BPA's approved annual general and administrative budget, and meet other criteria as outlined in the bill.
BPA must (1) annually review the compensation plan and make any updates as appropriate, and (2) publish the plan and any updates made to the plan.
The bill exempts BPA from certain civil service laws when it is carrying out its hiring authority.
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC · lobbying firm or registrant: K&L GATES, LLP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Utilities
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ated to wildfire prevention, including Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act, S. 2269, H.R. 6012 and inclusion of special use permits in various Farm Bill drafts. H.R.447 - To provide compensation flexibility to address retention and hiring issues at the Bonneville Power Administration - Issues related to Bonneville Power Admini…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION (NWPPA) · lobbying firm or registrant: DESIMONE CONSULTING, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Utilities
$30,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…n of distribution transformers. Endangered Species Act reform: H.R.1897, ESA Amendments Act of 2025. Preserving and protecting Power Marketing Administrations: H.R.447, the Reliability for Ratepayers Act. Hydropower tax policy including fully funding direct pay energy tax credits: S.1183/H.R.2160, Maintaining and Enhancing Hy…
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PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC · lobbying firm or registrant: K&L GATES, LLP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 19, 2025 · issue area: Utilities
$40,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ated to wildfire prevention, including Fire Safe Electrical Corridors Act, S. 2269, H.R. 6012 and inclusion of special use permits in various Farm Bill drafts. H.R.447 - To provide compensation flexibility to address retention and hiring issues at the Bonneville Power Administration - Issues related to Bonneville Power Admini…
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