As Co-Chair of the Government Administration and Elections Committee, I co-authored House Bill 1531 and House Bill 7206, important pieces of legislation aimed at tackling the rising cost of utility bills while ensuring greater accountability for public utilities. I was proud to lead passage of both bills out of Committee. They now move to the House and Senate floors for further consideration. These proposals are designed to:
- Increase public-utility transparency by making them subject to the Freedom of Information Act for the regulated parts of their business.
- Reduce monopoly power and consolidation by preventing utility companies from owning both gas and electric utilities.
- Strengthen oversight to ensure our utilities are acting in the best interest of consumers and not incurring unnecessary costs.
- Ensuring utility capital projects are properly vetted to ensure they are necessary, the least costly and best alternative, and best serve our future energy needs.
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