SB 2497: PUC; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; BILL IMPACT ANALYSES; CUSTOMER TRANSPARENCY; RATEPAYERS; REPORTS

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: Senate
Latest Version Date: 2026-03-23

Current Status:

Failed

(2026-03-24: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires electric utilities, excluding electric cooperatives, to maintain an online bill impact analysis tool for electric generation projects that provides full disclosure to ratepayers of the top-level assumptions used to calculate the per-project impact on customer bills. Requires electric utilities to submit an annual report to the Public Utilities Commission. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Discussed in Hearing