Bill > H2848

This bill, concerning telecommunications, utilities, and energy, proposes to amend Chapter 25 of the General Laws, specifically Section 18, which deals with utility assessments. The core change is the addition of a new sentence that allows the commission, which likely refers to the Department of Public Utilities or a similar regulatory body, to annually increase the amount of these assessments. However, this increase is capped, meaning the rate of any such increase cannot exceed the most recent annual consumer price index (CPI) for the northeast region for all urban consumers, a common measure of inflation. The bill also removes two existing sentences from Section 18 of Chapter 25, though the provided text does not specify what those sentences contained.