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Committee approves bill requiring electric suppliers to provide written policies for customers with life‑threatening conditions

Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications · February 17, 2026
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Summary

The Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications committee approved a substitute for HB 641 (LC56091S) requiring electric suppliers serving residential customers to maintain and furnish on request a written policy addressing serious, life‑threatening medical conditions, effective Jan. 1, 2027.

Representative Lim introduced a substitute for HB 641 (LC56091S) and said it was pared down to four lines to require that, beginning Jan. 1, 2027, any electric supplier serving residential consumers "shall have a written policy in place addressing specifically, serious life threatening conditions" and "shall furnish such written policy upon request by a consumer or a potential consumer."…

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