AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.

HB 5932 requires the Connecticut General Assembly to approve any individual fee component within the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" before it can appear on electric bills. This bill directly affects end-use electricity customers of distribution companies, as it would remove any existing unapproved fee components from their bills and mandate that future charges can only be implemented after a legislative vote. The key mechanism is a statutory change that eliminates automatic fee inclusion and replaces it with a requirement for explicit legislative approval. This is a procedural change to how utility fees are authorized, not a new policy on benefits.