Electric Consumers' Power to Choose Act of 1997

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Competitive Retail Electric Energy Service Title II: Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Title III: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 Electric Consumers' Power to Choose Act of 1997 - Title I: Competitive Retail Electric Energy Service - Sets December 15, 2000, as the deadline by which all electric utility retail customers shall have the right to purchase retail electric energy services from any person offering them. (Sec. 103) Authorizes a State to elect to establish by the deadline retail electric service choice for retail customers of State regulated electric utilities, with rules providing for: (1) customer choice; (2) nondiscriminatory access; (3) flexible pricing procedure; (4) incentive-based rate regulation; and (5) termination of certain regulations, including price regulation. Declares that non-competitive services may not be used to subsidize services subject to competition. (Sec. 104) Authorizes a nonregulated electric utility to elect to establish, by a specified deadline, retail electric service choice for its customers, with rules providing for: (1) customer choice; and (2) nondiscriminatory access. Declares that non-co…