Proposed S.B. No. 304
Session Year 2025

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGES ON ELECTRIC BILLS.

To amend title 16 of the general statutes to prohibit any electric distribution company from collecting a combined public benefit charge from its customers.

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