LCO No. 1742 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6305 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 1742 Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY Introduced by: REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING AN AUDIT OF PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE 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 require that the 1 Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection conduct an 2 audit of all programs that are subsidized, funded or otherwise 3 connected to the Combined Public Benefits Charge on end use customer 4 electric bills, and that such audit include an analysis of (1) the cost 5 associated with each such program, (2) the extent of utilization of such 6 programs, and (3) options for streamlining such programs to reduce 7 costs for end use customers. 8 Statement of Purpose: To require an audit of programs funded by the Combined Public Benefits Charge on end use customer electric bills.