AN ACT relating to city utility commission membership. [HB-238]
Amend KRS 96.530 allow city utilities boards to consist of either 3 or 5 members, and to specify the appointment of nonresident utility commission members for utility commissions consisting of three members and five members.
HB-238: AN ACT relating to city utility commission membership.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 54) on 03/19/2021
Energy Efficiency & Policy: Pub. Bldgs [SB-17]
[Energy ]
[Housing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
An Act relating to the retrofitting of certain public facilities and community facilities; relating to the performance of energy audits on schools and community facilities; relating to the duties of the Alaska Energy Authority and the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation; creating a rapid economic recovery office in the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority; and relating to the state energy policy and energy source reporting by state agencies.
SB-17: Energy Efficiency & Policy: Pub. Bldgs
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Begich
Referred To Finance on 05/03/2021
Electric Utility Liability [HB-29]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to liability of an electric utility for contact between vegetation and the utility's facilities; and relating to vegetation management plans.
HB-29: Electric Utility Liability
Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/18/2021
HB-192: 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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Petrie
Line Item Vetoes #2, #5, #6, And #9 Not Overridden on 03/30/2021
You have voted HB-192: 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..
AN ACT relating to energy source availability. [HB-207]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to prohibit a local government entity from taking any legislative or executive action that has the purpose or effect of impairing a consumer's ability to use a utility service that is described in KRS 278.010(3)(a), (b), or (c) and that is provided by a utility regulated by the Public Service Commission under KRS Chapter 278 or is otherwise incorporated under KRS Chapter 279.
HB-207: AN ACT relating to energy source availability.
Sponsored by: Rep. DJ Johnson
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 120) on 03/25/2021
AN ACT relating to information technology. [HB-129]
[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.
HB-129: AN ACT relating to information technology.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Hatton
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
AN ACT relating to sewer charges imposed by sanitation districts. [HB-124]
[Water ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Infrastructure ]
Amend KRS 220.510 to prohibit a sanitation district from imposing any fee, tax, surcharge, or other charge for the provision of service to a property unless the property is connected to a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by the sanitation district, there is an approved plan to connect the property to a sanitary sewer owned or maintained by the sanitation district within five years, the property discharges storm water to a storm sewer or storm water improvement owned or operated by the sanitation district, the sanitation district's storm sewer
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HB-124: AN ACT relating to sewer charges imposed by sanitation districts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Fischer
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
AN ACT relating to utility rates. [HB-127]
[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 in five years; allow the commission to order a rate increase to prevent significant increases in a single period; require fair, just and reasonable rates to balance the intrests of the utility, its investors, and the ratepayer.
HB-127: AN ACT relating to utility rates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Hatton
Introduced In House on 01/05/2021
SB-1254: As introduced, prohibits public utilities from requiring governmental entities to pay a deposit as a precondition for service. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dolores Gresham
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee on 02/11/2019
You have voted SB-1254: As introduced, prohibits public utilities from requiring governmental entities to pay a deposit as a precondition for service. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65..
SB-1253: As introduced, prohibits a public utility from charging a deposit as a precondition of providing utility service to persons who have been customers for at least five years and whose accounts have been in good standing for at least five years. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dolores Gresham
Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate State And Local Government Committee on 02/11/2019
You have voted SB-1253: As introduced, prohibits a public utility from charging a deposit as a precondition of providing utility service to persons who have been customers for at least five years and whose accounts have been in good standing for at least five years. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65..
SB-532: As introduced, allows an acquiring public utility that acquires a selling utility to request that the Tennessee public utility commission use certain procedures to establish the ratemaking rate base of that selling utility at the time when it is acquired by the acquiring utility. - Amends TCA Title 65.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Briggs
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 04/09/2019
You have voted SB-532: As introduced, allows an acquiring public utility that acquires a selling utility to request that the Tennessee public utility commission use certain procedures to establish the ratemaking rate base of that selling utility at the time when it is acquired by the acquiring utility. - Amends TCA Title 65..
HB-956: As introduced, prohibits public utilities from requiring governmental entities to pay a deposit as a precondition for service. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Gant
Assigned To S/c Utilities Subcommittee on 02/11/2019
You have voted HB-956: As introduced, prohibits public utilities from requiring governmental entities to pay a deposit as a precondition for service. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 65..
HB-955: As introduced, prohibits a public utility from charging a deposit as a precondition of providing utility service to persons who have been customers for at least five years and whose accounts have been in good standing for at least five years. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Gant
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/07/2019
You have voted HB-955: As introduced, prohibits a public utility from charging a deposit as a precondition of providing utility service to persons who have been customers for at least five years and whose accounts have been in good standing for at least five years. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 65..
HB-604: As introduced, allows an acquiring public utility that acquires a selling utility to request that the Tennessee public utility commission use certain procedures to establish the ratemaking rate base of that selling utility at the time when it is acquired by the acquiring utility. - Amends TCA Title 65.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pat Marsh
Returned To The Clerk's Desk. on 03/26/2019
You have voted HB-604: As introduced, allows an acquiring public utility that acquires a selling utility to request that the Tennessee public utility commission use certain procedures to establish the ratemaking rate base of that selling utility at the time when it is acquired by the acquiring utility. - Amends TCA Title 65..
Relating To A Mutual Assistance Agreement. [SB-1293]
[Energy ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes the State to enter into a mutual assistance agreement with an out-of-state utility or other energy provider in order to restore power and utility service to the State, without regard to any regulatory law, in times of an emergency or natural disaster. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
SB-1293: Relating To A Mutual Assistance Agreement.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Pass First Reading on 03/07/2019