Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: the Public Service Commission's authority to obtain information about Internet service availability.
Cooperative associations Data processing Electric utility Public service commission Public utility
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Public Service Commission to require retail electric
utilities and cooperatives to survey customers and members about broadband
service availability and reimburse the utilities and cooperatives for conducting the
surveys. The bill also requires PSC to require Internet service providers to disclose
to PSC the properties they serve and the average minimum download and upload
speeds at which they provide residential and business service to those properties.
PSC must use the survey results and information disclosed to improve broadband
mapping.