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.
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Introduction
Apr 2026
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Floor Vote
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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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Apr 30, 2026
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3 primary · 25 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Legislator
Party
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District
P
Lindsey Prather
DDemocratic
P
Robert Reives
DDemocratic
P
Terry Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Allen Buansi
DDemocratic
Co
Allison Dahle
DDemocratic
Co
Amanda Cook
DDemocratic
Co
Becky Carney
DDemocratic
Co
Bryan Cohn
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn Logan
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia Ball
DDemocratic
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Dante Pittman
DDemocratic
Co
Deb Butler
DDemocratic
Co
Eric Ager
DDemocratic
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