Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: a cap on rate increases for retail electric service.
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 prohibits the Public Service Commission from authorizing rates for retail electric service that exceed an increase of 5 percent over the utility’s rates in the prior year. The bill sunsets this prohibition on January 1, 2029.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Smith (D)
Full history
- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Smith
- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1