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Advocates urge ban on ratepayer funding for utility lobbying and branding; bill would restrict ads, trade association dues and executive perks
Summary
The joint committee heard support for H.3400, which would bar utilities from charging ratepayers for lobbying, institutional advertising, trade‑association lobbying and executive perks; testimony cited examples and said other states have enacted similar laws that produced immediate savings.
Consumer advocates, environmental groups and local activists asked the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight to report favorably on H.3400, legislation that would prohibit utilities from recovering labor and other costs for lobbying, institutional branding and certain executive perks from ratepayers.
"The bill provides an important tool to help alleviate the utility affordability crisis many of your constituents face," said Itay Vardy of the Energy and Policy Institute. Vardy highlighted…
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