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Senate rejects bill making 'Cool Keeper' demand-response opt-out default for consumers
Summary
Senate defeated First Substitute SB47, a measure that would have automatically enrolled customers in a utility demand-response thermostat program with opt-out, after extended debate on consumer choice and an unsuccessfully proposed surcharge for opt-outs.
The Utah Senate defeated First Substitute Senate Bill 47, an electrical utility amendment that would have expanded a demand-response program (referred to in debate as 'Cool Keeper') by enrolling customers by default and allowing them to opt out. The measure failed in final floor votes; the transcript records a failure on first substitution (13 yeas, 16 nays) and a subsequent tally that left the measure defeated and filed.
Sponsor Senator Van Tassel described the program as a tool to reduce peak electricity demand by allowing utilities to make…
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