No. HB 379
Rural Electric Cooperatives; Prohibits cooperative that sells electricity at retail from adopting, enacting, or enforcing fee meeting specified criteria; revises applicability of such prohibition on types or fuel sources of energy production which may be used, delivered, converted, or supplied by specified entities.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDRural electric cooperatives that sell power at retail may no longer adopt or enforce a fee, including a lot fee, developer fee, or surcharge, that restricts which fuel-burning appliances a customer can use.
That fee ban joins the cooperative's existing ban on bylaws, tariffs, or policies with the same restricting effect, but the bill also deletes the broader catch-all that covered any other blocking action.
A separate cross-reference now points to only part of the list of entities whose fuel and delivery choices are protected, narrowing it from the full list to specific paragraphs.
AIA retail electric cooperative may not adopt, enact, or enforce a lot fee, developer fee, surcharge, or any other fee that restricts or has the effect of restricting the fuel types a customer may use, deliver, or be supplied.
AIThe prohibition on restrictive fees, bylaws, tariffs, and policies now applies only to a cooperative that sells electricity at retail; a cooperative that sells only at wholesale is not covered by this section.
AICurrent law also bars a cooperative from 'taking any other action' beyond bylaws, tariffs, or policies to restrict fuel or appliance choices. That catch-all is deleted, so only fees, bylaws, tariffs, and policies remain covered.