S. 1758Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)In Committee

Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-339.

Water and Power Subcommittee

November 5, 2009

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Introduced in Senate

October 6, 2009

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

October 6, 2009

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-339.

Water and Power Subcommittee

November 5, 2009

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Sen. Jeff BingamanD-NM · Oct 28, 2009

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing…

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 10 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record may do so by sending it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by email to [email protected]

For further information, please contact Jonathan Black at (202) 224- 6722 or Gina Weinstock at (202) 224-5684.

Mr. President, the Subcommittee on National Parks had previously announced a hearing to be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. In addition to the bills previously listed, the following bill will be included:

H.R. 1287, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a partnership with the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission regarding the use of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify

by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to [email protected] .gov.

For further information, please contact David Brooks at (202) 224- 9863 or Allison Seyferth at (202) 224-4905.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 1757, to provide for the prepayment of a repayment contract between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District, and for other purposes; S. 1758, to provide for the allocation of costs to project power with respect to power development within the Diamond Fork System, and for other purposes; and S. 1759, to authorize certain transfers of water in the Central Valley Project, and for other purposes.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to [email protected] .gov.

For further information, please contact Tanya Trujillo at (202) 224- 5479 or Gina Weinstock at (202) 224-5684.

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Introduced in SenateIssued October 6, 2009

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1758

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 6, 2009

Mr. Bennett (for himself and Mr. Hatch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To provide for the allocation of costs to project power with respect to power development within the Diamond Fork System, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act.

Diamond Fork System defined

For the purposes of this Act, the term Diamond Fork System means the facilities described in chapter 4 of the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Definite Plan Report for the Bonneville Unit.

Cost allocations

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to facilitate hydropower development on the Diamond Fork System, the amount of reimbursable costs allocated to project power in chapter 6 of the Power Appendix in the October 2004 Supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report, with regard to power development within the Diamond Fork System, shall be considered final costs as well as costs in excess of the total maximum repayment obligation as defined in section 211 of the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575), and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions.

No purchase or market obligation; no costs assigned to power

Nothing in this Act shall obligate the Western Area Power Administration to purchase or market any of the power produced by the Diamond Fork power plant and none of the costs associated with development of transmission facilities to transmit power from the Diamond Fork power plant shall be assigned to power for the purpose of Colorado River Storage Project ratemaking.

Prohibition on tax-exempt financing

No facility for the generation or transmission of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System may be financed or refinanced, in whole or in part, with proceeds of any obligation—

(1)

the interest on which is exempt from the tax imposed under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or

(2)

with respect to which credit is allowable under subpart I or J of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code.

Reporting requirement

If, 24 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, hydropower production on the Diamond Fork System has not commenced, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate stating this fact, the reasons such production has not yet commenced, and a detailed timeline for future hydropower production.