Committee reviews language and timing for distributed generation disclosure forms; delay to June 1 recommended

The committee reviewed a language draft for LD 1964, intended to require standard written disclosures for sellers and installers of distributed generation resources and changes to net energy billing disclosures.

Analyst Lindsay Laxon said the revised title and section language largely matched the committee's intent but flagged a timing issue: the bill would require utilities to report interconnection costs to the PUC by March 1, 2026, and the PUC to publish that information by May 1, 2026; the original bill also asked the Department of Energy Resources to develop model disclosure forms within 90 days of the effective date, which could come before the PUC-published cost data was available.

To avoid a situation in which disclosure forms would require average interconnection costs that were not yet published, Laxon proposed making the disclosure-form requirement effective June 1, 2026 and directing the Department of Energy Resources to develop the standardized forms by that date. The committee indicated that change was acceptable and the revised timing would align the required forms with the data needed to populate them.

The analyst also noted that if the committee were to create a new public-records exception for customer data, that change would require review by the Judiciary Committee; if existing CEP confidentiality provisions suffice, that additional step could be avoided.

What happens next: The language revision will appear on final review with the adjusted June 1 effective date for disclosure forms; the committee will take the language up again as part of final review.

Sources: Committee work session transcript and language review materials.