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SF 1857 Senate Long Description

2E Providing for a cold weather rule for public utilities; regulating residential customers service disconnections by public utilities during cold weather; defining certain terms; specifying certain utility obligations requirements before cold weather period and certain notice requirements before disconnecting utility heating services during cold weather periods; specifying certain procedures for utility verification of household income of customers; specifying certain discontinuation of service prohibitions and requirements; providing for customer right of appeal, specifying certain duties of the public utilities commission (PUC) relating to the determination of customer appeals; providing for municipal or cooperative electric association disputes; providing for payment agreements for customers above a certain percentage of state median income; specifying certain utility reporting requirements and requiring data availability on the PUC electronic filing system; specifying certain reference replacement instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the current provision relating to disconnection during cold weather and repealing certain rules for conformity purposes
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