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Introduced Session

This bill prohibits an electric public utility (utility) from charging a non-essential business customer a peak rate for electric power or electric-related service during a major public health emergency. The utility is to provide a credit representing the reduction in the rate or charge to a non-essential business customer due to the removal of a peak rate during a major public health emergency. The credit is to represent a period of time beginning upon the declaration and throughout a major public health emergency and is to be included in a periodic bill sent to a non-essential business customer after the effective date of this bill. The bill prohibits the Board of Public Utilities from allowing a utility to include as an operating expense or otherwise recover from its ratepayers the cost of any reduced revenues incurred by the utility under the bill. The bill defines "non-essential business customer," "peak rate," and "major public health emergency."

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Daniel Benson (D)*,  Ronald Dancer (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee (on 06/29/2020)