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Committee advances study of residential electric bill design after mixed views on cost and transparency

Energy and Technology Committee · March 17, 2026
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Summary

The Energy and Technology Committee voted to move Senate Bill 243 (LCO 3335) — a study of residential electric customer bill design — to the floor after members debated the value of further redesign, who would pay for it, and whether recent changes already improved transparency.

State Representative Jonathan Steinberg, co-chair of the Energy and Technology Committee, said the panel would consider 15 bills and moved into the first item, Senate Bill 243, a legislative study of how residential electric bills are designed (LCO 3335). Senator Needleman moved the bill and the committee debated whether another redesign — after a recent overhaul — would help or simply add cost that is passed to…

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