SB0651sam003 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 4/30/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 651

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 651, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 2, on page 5, line 1, by replacing "On" with "Beginning on"; and

on page 8, line 21, after "electric supplier", by inserting "and a consumer who either received financial assistance in the last 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan"; and

on page 9, by replacing lines 3 through 5 with the following: "either received financial assistance within the preceding 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan and, if its records so"; and

on page 18, line 9, after "direction", by inserting "to the utility"; and

on page 21, line 9, by replacing "quarter" with "year"; and

on page 32, line 14, by replacing "telephone solicitations" with "telephone solicitations,"; and

on page 32, line 17, by replacing "terms" with "terms,"; and

on page 32, line 22, after "customer", by inserting "and shall disclose the date on which the utility gas supply cost rates per therm became effective and the date on which they will expire"; and

on page 33, by replacing line 4 with the following:

"retail gas supplier). Beginning on (effective date), the utility"; and

on page 33, line 17, after the period, by inserting "This written information shall be provided in a language in which the customer subject to the marketing or solicitation is able to understand and communicate, and the alternative retail gas supplier shall comply with Section 2N of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act."; and

on page 38, by replacing lines 8 through 14 with the following: "indicate that the customer either received financial assistance in the last 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, unless the"; and

on page 39, by replacing lines 5 through 18 with the following: "gas supplier and a consumer who either received financial assistance in the last 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan is void and unenforceable. Before the gas utility executes a change in a customer's supplier, other than a change pursuant to a Commission-approved savings guarantee plan as described in subsection (b), the gas utility shall confirm at the time of the request that its records do not indicate that the customer either received financial assistance within the preceding 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan and, if its records so"; and

on page 55, line 2, by replacing "An" with "During an inbound enrollment call, an"; and

on page 63, line 25, by replacing "On" with "Beginning on".