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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5924
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2347
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. HUGHES, 135th Dist.
REP. GUCKER, 138th Dist.
AN ACT IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX ON PRIVATE UTILITY
COMPANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) impose an excise tax upon 1
any private utility company for the purpose of funding energy 2
assistance programs in the state and reducing the Combined Public 3
Benefits Charge on end use customer utility bills, and (2) require that 4
each public utility report the impact of such excise tax in the Combined 5
Public Benefits Charge section of any utility bill sent to an end use 6
customer of such utility. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) impose an excise tax upon any private utility company for the
purpose of funding energy assistance programs in the state and
reducing the Combined Public Benefits Charge on end use customer
utility bills, and (2) require that each public utility report the impact of
such excise tax in the Combined Public Benefits Charge section of any
utility bill sent to an end use customer of such utility.