OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
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HB-5441
AN ACT CONCERNING UTILITY SHUTOFFS FOR CERTAIN
CUSTOMERS.
Primary Analyst: TM 4/8/24
Contributing Analyst(s):
Reviewer: RP
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
This bill makes various adjustments to existing utility shutoff
requirements and requires the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
(PURA) to develop a certification system for customers claiming
hardship status and results in no fiscal impact to the state.
Ratepayer Impact Statement
1
This bill results in a potential minimal rate decrease in cost to
ratepayers by limiting certain shutoff protections and reinstatement
requirements associated with illness unless the customer qualifies as a
hardship case. This adjustment may reduce future arrearages that
would normally be collected through the rate recovery process, which
results in a potential minimal rate decrease.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to inflation.
1
The state and municipalities are ratepayers and there may be impacted by policy
changes that affect electric rates