Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 4/30/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 651

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 651, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
42, on page 5, line 1, by replacing "On" with "Beginning on";
5and
 
6on page 8, line 21, after "electric supplier", by inserting
7"and a consumer who either received financial assistance in the
8last 12 months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
9Program or, at the time of enrollment, is participating in the
10Percentage of Income Payment Plan"; and
 
11on page 9, by replacing lines 3 through 5 with the following:
12"either received financial assistance within the preceding 12
13months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or,
14at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage
15of Income Payment Plan and, if its records so"; and
 

 

 

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1on page 18, line 9, after "direction", by inserting "to the
2utility"; and
 
3on page 21, line 9, by replacing "quarter" with "year"; and
 
4on page 32, line 14, by replacing "telephone solicitations"
5with "telephone solicitations,"; and
 
6on page 32, line 17, by replacing "terms" with "terms,"; and
 
7on page 32, line 22, after "customer", by inserting "and shall
8disclose the date on which the utility gas supply cost rates
9per therm became effective and the date on which they will
10expire"; and
 
11on page 33, by replacing line 4 with the following:
12        "retail gas supplier). Beginning on (effective date),
13        the utility"; and
 
14on page 33, line 17, after the period, by inserting "This
15written information shall be provided in a language in which
16the customer subject to the marketing or solicitation is able
17to understand and communicate, and the alternative retail gas
18supplier shall comply with Section 2N of the Consumer Fraud and
19Deceptive Business Practices Act."; and
 

 

 

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1on page 38, by replacing lines 8 through 14 with the following:
2"indicate that the customer either received financial
3assistance in the last 12 months from the Low Income Home
4Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is
5participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan, unless
6the"; and
 
7on page 39, by replacing lines 5 through 18 with the following:
8"gas supplier and a consumer who either received financial
9assistance in the last 12 months from the Low Income Home
10Energy Assistance Program or, at the time of enrollment, is
11participating in the Percentage of Income Payment Plan is void
12and unenforceable. Before the gas utility executes a change in
13a customer's supplier, other than a change pursuant to a
14Commission-approved savings guarantee plan as described in
15subsection (b), the gas utility shall confirm at the time of
16the request that its records do not indicate that the customer
17either received financial assistance within the preceding 12
18months from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program or,
19at the time of enrollment, is participating in the Percentage
20of Income Payment Plan and, if its records so"; and
 
21on page 55, line 2, by replacing "An" with "During an inbound
22enrollment call, an"; and
 
23on page 63, line 25, by replacing "On" with "Beginning on".