PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 777
PRINTER'S NO. 986
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
SENATOR YAW, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 28, 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 AND OTHER
ENERGY markets in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's competitive electricity AND OTHER
ENERGY markets allow consumers to choose their own retail
electricity providers; and
WHEREAS, Delivery DISTRIBUTION charges in Pennsylvania are
billed by utility default service providers TO CUSTOMERS BY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES, thereby preventing certain customers
from directly receiving consolidated bills from the RETAIL
ENERGY provider of their choice; and
WHEREAS, Consolidated billing provides consumer protections
and transparency for energy consumers BY ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO
RECEIVE A SINGLE BILL; 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:
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(1) a FULL 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
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 AND
LIMITATIONS, IF ANY, of consolidated billing for electricity
AND OTHER ENERGY 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 AND OTHER ENERGY
providers;
(6) an assessment of the effects, if any, of shopping
customers receiving a consolidated bill from the REGULATED
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.
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(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.
(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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