Bill > SB2102

This bill, primarily focused on utility governance, mandates that electric utilities owned by municipalities with a significant population (485,000 or more) must expand their utility boards to include additional voting members representing customers outside the home municipality's corporate limits, specifically from the home county or other counties where the utility provides service. These new board members would be appointed by local officials in those represented areas and would not be employees of the utility or municipality, though compensation is not prohibited. The bill also makes technical amendments to existing laws regarding electric cooperatives, clarifying procedures for the purchase or transfer of their properties and service rights between September 1, 2026, and September 2, 2027, with exceptions for annexations completed before September 1, 2026. The overall intent is to ensure broader representation on the governing boards of certain municipal electric utilities.