Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act

Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act

This bill, officially known as the Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act, requires the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to create a pilot project. The purpose of this project is to provide increased transparency for customers by publishing information on a publicly available website.

Key Provisions:

The Administrator must establish the pilot project within 120 days of the bill's enactment.
The pilot project will involve publishing a database of information related to the Western Area Power Administration, beginning from fiscal year 2008.
The information to be published includes rates charged to customers, energy sold, detailed accounting of expenditures and staffing costs, and capital investments.
The Administrator must provide annual updates on the website, including changes in published information and explanations for those changes.
The Western Area Power Administration can retain unobligated balances, and the bill requires reporting on the amounts and categories of these retained balances.
The pilot project will terminate 7 years after the bill's enactment.

Passed by the House of Representatives on February 7, 2018.

Rep. Andy Biggs

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