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Consumer and environmental groups press committee to ban ratepayer-funded utility lobbying, branding and perks
Summary
A coalition of ratepayer and environmental groups urged lawmakers to bar utilities from charging customers for lobbying, institutional advertising and executive perks, citing examples from recent rate cases and pointing to similar laws in other states that saved ratepayers millions.
Consumer advocates, energy policy researchers and climate‑justice organizers told the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight that utilities should not be allowed to pass the costs of lobbying, institutional branding and executive perks on to customers.
Itay Vardi of the Energy and Policy Institute argued H.3400 would protect customers by prohibiting utilities from recovering in rates expenses related to executive‑branch lobbying, institutional advertising that primarily promotes the…
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