Relating to public utilities.
Summary
Authorizes Public Utility Commission to consider differential energy burden and other inequities of affordability in rates. Authorizes public utilities to enter into agreements to provide financial assistance for organizations to represent in regulatory proceedings before commission interests of low-income residential customers and residential customers that are members of environmental justice communities. Directs commission to establish public process for investigating ways to address and mitigate, through nonbypassable means, differential energy burdens on classes of public utility customers and other inequities of affordability and environmental justice. Requires commission to incorporate findings into commission's 2021 report to Environmental Justice Task Force and Governor. Sunsets public process January 2, 2022.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2020
Last action Mar 9, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 14, 2020
How they voted
43–11
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 60
Feb 14, 2020
D
Democratic38
94% Yea
R
Republican22
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Environment and Natural Resources.
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Introduced
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
Feb 14, 2020
Introduced
Vote explanation(s) filed by Boshart Davis, Smith DB.
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed.
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Energy and Environment.
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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