Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy and Technology Committee on January 8, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 84
AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGE, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, LIMITING RATES ALLOWED UNDER CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND REMOVING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
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) redefine "Class I renewable energy source" to include electricity generated from any hydropower or nuclear power generating facility, (3) 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 of the wholesale price of electricity, and (4) remove the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Its course
January 8 to January 8, 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 SenateJan 8 to Jan 8 · stopped0 days
Energy and Technology CommitteeJan 8 to Jan 8 · 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 Senate Jan 8
- Jan 8Introduced and sent to Energy and Technology Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses