Public Utilities
Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to utility easements. [HB-437]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 278.230 to require the commission to require utilities, except electric cooperatives and municipal utilities, under its jurisdiction to maintain an up-to-date database of utility easements and rights of way for its customers; direct that the commission shall determine how the information is to be maintained and requested; direct that records shall be updated every five years.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Smith
Introduced In House on 02/02/2022
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 65, relative to public utilities. [HB-2632]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cochran
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 789 on 04/13/2022
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 65, relative to public utilities. [SB-2443]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
As enacted, authorizes the commission to, upon petition, designate a provider or reseller of domestic public cellular radio telephone service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to federal regulations for purposes of providing Lifeline service. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Bell
Effective Date(s) 04/08/2022 on 04/13/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to information technology. [HB-422]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Amend KRS 154.15-010 to create a definition for "paid prioritization"; create a new section of Subchapter 15 of KRS Chapter 154 to require that KentuckyWired contracts between the Kentucky Communications Network Authority and public or private Internet service providers contain certain provisions to ensure open and fair access to the network by customers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Hatton
Introduced In House on 02/01/2022
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 65, relative to the Tennessee Natural Gas Innovation Act. [HB-2315]
[Energy ]
As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Natural Gas Innovation Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tandy Darby
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 706 on 04/04/2022
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Utah 2022 General Session
Regional Transmission Organization Study [HB-279]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Regional Transmission Organization Study
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Handy
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/04/2022
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Utah 2022 General Session
Energy Storage Amendments [HB-272]
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Energy Storage Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Stephen Handy
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/04/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to merchant electric generating facilities. [HB-392]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 278.702 to provide that the terms of service for the ad hoc members of the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting end when the merchant electric generating facility for which they were appointed has been constructed and has begun generating electricity for sale; amend KRS 278.704 to include decommissioning requirements within the requirements over which local planning and zoning requirements shall have primacy; remove outdated language; amend KRS 278.706 to require that a decommissioning plan be included in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Heath
To Rules (h) on 03/14/2022
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 65, relative to the Tennessee Natural Gas Innovation Act. [SB-1959]
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As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Natural Gas Innovation Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Gardenhire
Effective Date(s) 03/18/2022 on 04/04/2022
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Invasive Species. [HB-2276]
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[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
Appropriates funds to the department of transportation for the coordinated removal of albizia and other invasive trees that potentially threaten the public roadways and utility infrastructure on public and private land. Requires a two-to-one matching requirement from a public utilities source. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Daynette Morikawa
Report Adopted; Passed Second Reading And Referred To Wam. on 03/24/2022
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 67, relative to utilities. [HB-1987]
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[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
As enacted, requires a utility system, upon request or application for a connection of utility service by a customer, to promptly provide the customer the connection cost. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Rep. G.A. Hardaway
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 1129 on 06/03/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to utility rates. [HB-342]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Amend KRS 278.030 to include rate affordability when determining fair, just, and reasonable utility rates; allow the Public Service Commission to review the affordability of a utility's rate if the utility has not requested a rate adjustment within the last five years; allow the commission to order a rate increase to prevent significant increases in a single period; require affordable, fair, just, and reasonable rates to balance the interests of the utility, its investors, and the ratepayer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Hatton
Introduced In House on 01/24/2022
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Utah 2022 General Session
Telephone Solicitation Amendments [HB-217]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Telephone Solicitation Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Norman Thurston
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to utility rates. [HB-341]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Create new sections of KRS 278.010 to 278.450 to define "utility"; allow any utility that has received an order from the Public Service Commission making a general adjustment of the utility's base rate in the previous five years to file an application to adjust its base rate using a streamlined regulatory procedure; require the utility to file notice of its intent to file for a streamlined base rate adjustment between 30 to 60 days before filing its application; require the utility to file its application using a test period as defined in KRS 278.192;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Gooch
Withdrawn on 03/24/2022
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Infrastructure. [SB-2268]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Energy ]
Requires public utilities to consider the disruption to transportation as a criterion in planning future maintenance. Takes effect 1/1/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
The Committee On Cpn Deferred The Measure. on 02/23/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations and revenue measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-285]
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[Education ]
[Energy ]
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The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $125,187,900, 2022-2023: $2,727,314,100, 2023-2024: $2,018,630,000; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $291,800, 2022-2023: $377,258,800, 2023-2024: $32,308,300; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $134,400, 2022-2023: $6,791,287,300, 2023-2024: $6,938,460,600; appropriate to the Education and Labor Cabinet: 2021-2022: $5,749,500, 2022-2023: $861,376,300, 2023-2024: $818,991,800; appropriate
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Osborne
Introduced In House on 01/13/2022
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Utah 2022 General Session
Project Entity Oversight Modifications [SB-92]
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[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Project Entity Oversight Modifications
Sponsored by: Rep. Val Peterson
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to merchant electric generating facilities and declaring an emergency. [SB-69]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Environmental ]
Amend KRS 278.212 to prohibit an electrical interconnection with a merchant electric generating facility that either operates at an aggregate capacity in excess of 10 megawatts or occupies in aggregate 10 acres or more of land until the plans for the electrical interconnection have been filed with the Public Service Commission; amend KRS 278.216 to prohibit a utility from beginning construction on an electric generating facility that either operates at an aggregate capacity in excess of 10 megawatts or occupies in aggregate 10 acres or more of land
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Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Hornback
Floor Amendment (4) Filed To Committee Substitute on 02/24/2022
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Alaska 32nd Legislature
Power Cost Equalization Fund [HB-247]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
An Act relating to the power cost equalization endowment fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Thompson
Cosponsor(s): Kurka on 04/20/2022
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Kentucky 2022 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to appropriations measures providing funding and establishing conditions for the operations, maintenance, support, and functioning of the government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its various officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions, institutions, subdivisions, agencies, and other state-supported activities. [HB-1]
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[Economic Development ]
[Education ]
[Energy ]
[Finance ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Tourism ]
The State/Executive Branch Budget: Detail Part I, Operating Budget; appropriate to General Government: 2021-2022: $925,391,000, 2022-2023: $2,450,394,100, 2023-2024: $1,945,550,500; appropriate to the Economic Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $631,100, 2022-2023: $42,311,100, 2023-2024: $43,841,800; appropriate to the Department of Education: 2021-2022: $4,038,300, 2022-2023: $6,272,487,700, 2023-2024: $6,338,219,700; appropriate to the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet: 2021-2022: $4,302,200, 2022-2023: $226,803,000, 2023-2024: $228,602,800;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Delivered To Secretary Of State (acts Ch. 199) on 04/13/2022