1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; requiring reports to and by the Public Utilities Commission 
1.3 	regarding heating customers of certain utilities; proposing coding for new law 
1.4 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [216B.091] HEATING CUSTOMER.
1.7 	By September 30 of each year, the commission must issue a report that provides 
1.8 	monthly data for each natural gas and electric utility for the period beginning July 1 of 
1.9 	the preceding year to the following June 30. The data to be reported include totals for 
1.10 	all residential customers and for low-income residential customers, respectively, for the 
1.11 	following:
1.12 	(1) number of customers;
1.13 	(2) number of accounts in arrears and dollar amount of arrears;
1.14 	(3) disconnection notices issued;
1.15 	(4) heating and nonheating involuntary customer disconnections;
1.16 	(5) average duration of disconnection;
1.17 	(6) heat-affected accounts that remain disconnected as of October 15;
1.18 	(7) service restorations;
1.19 	(8) average past due bill amount;
1.20 	(9) number of accounts written off as uncollectible and dollar amount of 
1.21 	uncollectible write-offs;
1.22 	(10) amount of revenue generated and the percentage of total overall revenue that 
1.23 	amount represents; and 
1.24 	(11) any other information the commission deems relevant.
2.1 	In addition, the commission must report the amount received by customers from 
2.2 	the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and from other assistance 
2.3 	sources separately stated by source.
2.4 	 For purposes of this section, "low-income residential customer" means a customer 
2.5 	receiving benefits under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2006, except that the first 
2.7 	report by the Public Utilities Commission is not due until September 30, 2007.