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Committee advances bill requiring PUC to weigh cumulative consumer impacts, adopt multi-year rate plans
Summary
House Bill 3179, as amended, requires the Oregon Public Utility Commission to consider cumulative economic impacts on residential ratepayers and to establish rules for multi-year rate plans; the House Rules Committee adopted the dash-8 amendment and moved the bill to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means after a recorded vote.
The House Committee on Rules on May 19 moved House Bill 3179, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and referred it to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The dash‑8 amendment requires the Oregon Public Utility Commission to balance utility investor interests and consumers by considering the cumulative economic impact of proposed rates on residential ratepayers and to establish rules requiring electric and gas utilities to adopt multi‑year rate plans.
Andrew, identified as the staff presenter for the bill, summarized the proposal: "House Bill 31 79 requires the Oregon…
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