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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cruz, Boylan, Solomon, Potter, Slater, Shekarchi, Voas, | |
Date Introduced: February 08, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 39-1 of the General Laws entitled "Public Utilities Commission" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 39-1-63. Utility termination moratorium period. |
4 | (a) A public utility shall not terminate service to a residential customer during a utility |
5 | termination moratorium period, which shall be from November 1st to April 15th of the following |
6 | year, to any property of a residential customer which property is being used as a warming center, |
7 | drop-in center, shelter, or similar facility that is providing emergency services to drop-in residents |
8 | or unhoused individuals. This section shall apply regardless of whether the residential customer is |
9 | eligible for termination pursuant to regulation 810-RICR-10-00-1 as promulgated and adopted by |
10 | the Rhode Island public utilities commission (the “commission”). |
11 | (b) The commission shall amend its rules and regulations governing the termination of |
12 | residential electric and gas service as set forth in 810-RICR-10-00-1, and any similar rule or |
13 | regulation of the commission, to incorporate the provisions of this section into its rules and |
14 | regulation(s). |
15 | (c) This section shall not nullify or reduce any extension of the suspension of service |
16 | terminations and collection actions during the COVID-19 emergency already authorized or which |
17 | may be authorized by the commission pursuant to "Docket No. 5022 - Suspension of Service |
18 | Terminations and Certain Collections Activities During the COVID-19 Emergency." |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION | |
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1 | This act would provide that utility services would not be terminated for the period from |
2 | November 1 to April 15 to any residential customer’s property which property is being used as a |
3 | warming center, drop-in center, shelter, or similar facility that is providing emergency services to |
4 | drop-in residents or unhoused individuals. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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