BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5816: Utility rate making/property

Clarifying the valuation and determination of used and useful property for rate making purposes.

Summary

Specifies the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) may ascertain and determine the fair value of a regulated company's property that is used and useful for service in the state by or during the rate effective period for ratemaking purposes.
Authorizes the UTC to provide changes to rates for up to 48 months after the rate effective date using any standard, formula, method, or theory of valuation reasonably calculated to arrive at fair, just, reasonable, and sufficient rates.
Specifies the UTC's authority to consider and implement performance and incentive-based regulation, multiyear rate plans, and other flexible regulatory mechanisms.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5816), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to clarifying the valuation and determination of used and useful property for rate making purposes;

1 other recorded vote (amendments, procedural motions)

Passed March 7, 2019

Version voted on: SB 5816

47 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 2 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	19	0	0	1

How each member voted

Feb 24, 2020Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 21, 2020Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
Jan 13, 2020By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 28, 2019By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Apr 26, 2019Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
Apr 12, 2019Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
Mar 29, 2019Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Mar 26, 2019ENVI - Majority; do pass.
Mar 9, 2019First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
Mar 7, 2019Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Mar 7, 2019Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
Mar 7, 2019Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 21, 2019Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 20, 2019ENET - Majority; do pass.
Feb 4, 2019First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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