SB 974: Public Utility Environmental Remediation Costs
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Public Utility Environmental Remediation Costs; Authorizing a municipality or a county operating under a home rule charter to file a request with the Public Service Commission for a hearing for a determination of prudence on environmental damage caused by a public utility; requiring that pending hearings regarding recovery for remediation of such environmental damage be stayed until after the commission makes such determination or until the request is dismissed; prohibiting the utility from recovering expenditures to remedy the damage upon a finding that the utility did not act prudently, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2017
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities (CU)
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Environmental Preservation and Conservation (EP)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2017 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/23/2017 | Senate |
• Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Community Affairs; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Rules -SJ 109 |
| 3/7/2017 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 109 |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities |