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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1294

Printer's No. 2050

  

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Amend Bill, page 5, by inserting between lines 2 and 3

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(4)  Require an infrastructure replacement program that

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results in the accelerated replacement of aging

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infrastructure at a rate that exceeds the historic average

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annual rate of nonrevenue-enhancing infrastructure

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replacement for the prior 20-year period, including periodic

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review of the program with the opportunity for public

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hearings, if requested by interested parties. The procedures

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shall ensure that the mechanism terminates at the end of the

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program or when the commission finds that the fixed natural

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gas utility or city natural gas operation is not in

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compliance with a previously approved program.

  

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