Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Energy and Technology Committee on January 21, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 5534
AN ACT REMOVING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGE, LIMITING RATES ALLOWED UNDER CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, SEPARATING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ELIMINATING CERTAIN ELECTRICITY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND REQUIRING A STUDY OF METHODS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) remove the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from consumer electric bills, (2) prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or electric distribution companies from entering into a power purchase agreement if the price for electricity under such agreement exceeds one hundred fifty per cent above the wholesale price of electricity, (3) redefine "Class I renewable energy source" to include electricity generated from any hydropower or nuclear power generating facility, (4) separate the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (5) eliminate any incentive program that increases electric demand, including, but not limited to, any electric vehicle rebate program, and (6) study methods by which the supply of natural gas may be increased in the state.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to January 21, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Jan 21 · stopped0 days
Energy and Technology CommitteeJan 21 to Jan 21 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 21
- Jan 21Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 21REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses