HB 1168 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Limit Electric Utilities Historic Fuel Cost Recovery.

This bill directs North Carolina's Utilities Commission to adjust electricity rates to reflect fuel costs that utilities incurred after a previous rate-setting period ended. It requires the commission to include these recent fuel expenses in rate calculations, provided they were reasonable and prudently spent, while explicitly excluding costs from before that earlier period. The law also mandates that any difference between what utilities collected and what they actually spent on fuel be corrected over a 12-month period with interest applied. Additionally, the bill allocates $10,000 in state funds to the commission to support the administrative work needed to implement these changes, which will take effect on July 1, 2026.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
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Governor
Introduced Apr 30, 2026 Last action May 4, 2026
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The bill's header and sponsor information were updated to reflect the current legislative session and add four new primary sponsors. The document's internal tracking numbers were changed from a draft code to the official bill number. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's text regarding fuel cost recovery rules, funding amounts, or effective dates.
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The bill's title page was updated to include new primary sponsors (Reives, Prather, and Pittman) and change the internal tracking code to the official bill number.

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May 4, 2026
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3 primary · 25 co-sponsors

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