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HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. 

Introduced by: Margaret G. Vanderhye | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. Requires each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth, effective January 1, 2009, to include in its customer's bills, at least once each quarter, a notice directing customers to a toll-free telephone number or Internet website that will provide information on options to purchase electric energy provided from renewable energy sources. The notice shall include instructions for purchasing electric energy from renewable sources from the utility or other licensed supplier of electric energy. Such utilities are also required to feature available options for purchasing electricity from renewable sources prominently on their Internet sites.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options.  Requires each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth to include in its monthly billing statements to individual retail customers a notice of options to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy sources.  Effective January 1, 2009, such customers will be permitted to buy electricity produced from renewable sources from licensed suppliers, if the incumbent utility does not offer an approved tariff for renewable energy.  The notice shall include instructions for exercising the option to purchase electric energy from renewable sources from the utility or from a licensed supplier, as applicable.  The customer shall be given the option to make the switch to renewable power via Internet connection, telephone, or mail.