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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5939
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2729
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE COMBINED PUBLIC
BENEFITS CHARGE AND REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL
FOR ANY FUTURE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) repeal the authority for 1
any electric distribution company to include the Combined Public 2
Benefits Charge on electric bills for end use customers of such company, 3
(2) remove any charge included in the charges collectively called the 4
"Combined Public Benefits Charge" from electric bills for end use 5
customers of each electric distribution company unless such charge is 6
approved by the General Assembly, and (3) require that any such future 7
charge be implemented only upon the affirmative vote of the General 8
Assembly. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To remove charges collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits
Charge" from electric bills and require that any such future charge be
implemented only upon the affirmative vote of the General Assembly.