PRINTER'S NO. 777
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
116
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY YAW, VOGEL, BROWN, MILLER, SCHWANK, CULVER,
LAUGHLIN, J. WARD AND DUSH, MAY 22, 2023
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MAY 22, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study and issue a report on the issue of
consolidated billing in the retail electricity markets in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's competitive electricity markets allow
consumers to choose their own retail electricity providers; and
WHEREAS, Delivery charges in Pennsylvania are billed by
utility default service providers, thereby preventing certain
customers from directly receiving consolidated bills from the
provider of their choice; and
WHEREAS, Consolidated billing provides consumer protections
and transparency for energy consumers; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate direct the Legislative Budget and
Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report, which
shall include:
(1) a review of the 2018 administrative proceedings of
the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission pertaining to
consolidated billing;
(2) an examination of the consolidated billing law and
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practices in Georgia, Texas and Maryland, and an evaluation
of the statutory or regulatory authority, consumer
protections and efficacy of each state's billing law and
practices, as well as other pertinent information in each
state's program;
(3) a review of the relevant Pennsylvania statutory and
regulatory language to ascertain the current permissibility
or prohibition of consolidated billing in Pennsylvania;
(4) an examination of the benefits or deficiencies of
consolidated billing for electricity consumers in
Pennsylvania;
(5) an analysis of the accessibility and availability of
public information available to consumers online and through
direct solicitation from electricity retail providers;
(6) an assessment of the effects, if any, of shopping
customers receiving a consolidated bill from the utility
versus receiving a consolidated bill from the consumers
energy supplier; and
(7) any other valuable or useful information pertaining
to consolidated billing;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
submit its report to the following no later than 180 days after
the adoption of this resolution:
(1) The Governor.
(2) The chairperson of the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission.
(3) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee of
the Senate.
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(4) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate.
(5) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee of
the House of Representatives.
(6) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(7) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Professional Licensure Committee of the House of
Representatives.
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