# 114-hr-4232: Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015

114-hr-4232, Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4] (R-KS); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4232
- Congress: 114
- Title: Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- Introduced: 2015-12-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility (entities), to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would: result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology; shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers that do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or resource conditions exist among the electricity consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side technology; negatively affect resource utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability, or grid security; give any unfair competitive advantage to market the customer-side technology, including an analysis of whether a state regulatory authority has uncovered fraudulent customer-side technology marketing practices; and be necessary to fulfill an obligation to serve electric consumers. The bill sets deadlines within which the entities must set a hearing date to consider and subsequently determine the subsidization of customer-side technology.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6375: Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act
- 114-hr-6271: Foreign Service Optimization Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6214: Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act
- 114-hr-6176: Export Control Reform Act
- 114-hr-5940: No Ransom Payments Act of 2016
- 114-hr-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4232 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4232)

## Related
- [114-hr-6375: Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6375)
- [114-hr-6271: Foreign Service Optimization Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6271)
- [114-hr-6214: Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6214)
- [114-hr-6176: Export Control Reform Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6176)
- [114-hr-5940: No Ransom Payments Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5940)
- [114-hr-5931: Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5931)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4232 (as of 2025-11-18).