Bill > HB2756

This bill requires public power entities serving over one million connections and electric public service corporations to file semiannual reports detailing requests for and completed interconnections for new "extra high load factor customers," which are customers with very high electricity usage. These reporting requirements can be suspended if there are no new such customers for two consecutive reporting periods, but can be reinstated. The bill also allows the Corporation Commission to establish specific terms for electric service to these large customers, such as minimum billing, contract length, and requirements for customer-provided security or payments for infrastructure upgrades, ensuring that other customers do not subsidize these large users. Additionally, both types of entities must provide cost-of-service studies upon request to show how serving these high-usage customers is accounted for, with exemptions for smaller entities and member-owned electric cooperatives. These provisions are set to expire on December 31, 2033, and are intended to prevent cost shifts to residential customers.