Proposed S.B. No. 419
Session Year 2025

AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO PAY CERTAIN SYSTEMS BENEFITS CHARGES.

To allocate funding received by the state under the American Rescue Plan Act for the purpose of paying systems benefits charges accrued by electric distribution companies in connection with hardship protection measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other Bills with Similar Topics

  Electric distribution company systems benefit charge 

 

• HB05678 - AN ACT REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB05931 - AN ACT REMOVING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFIT CHARGE FROM UTILITY BILLS, AMENDING THE DEFINITION OF CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, LIMITING RATES ALLOWED UNDER CERTAIN POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND REMOVING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
• HB05932 - AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB05937 - AN ACT REPEALING THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE A PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE WITHOUT SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL.
• HB05939 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPEAL OF THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE AND REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR ANY FUTURE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB05943 - AN ACT REMOVING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE FROM ELECTRIC UTILITY BILLS AND REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR ANY FUTURE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB05952 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXPANSION OF THE NATURAL GAS SUPPLY IN THE STATE AND REMOVING ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCENTIVES FROM THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB05954 - AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY CUSTOMERS.
• HB05956 - AN ACT REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB05957 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE, THE RESTORATION OF ELECTRICITY SERVICE AFTER SYSTEM SERVICE OUTAGES, PROMOTING THE USAGE OF SMART METERS AND PROHIBITING TAX ASSESSMENT INCREASES BASED ON RESIDENTIAL SOLAR INSTALLATIONS.
• HB05971 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE ON ELECTRIC BILLS.
• HB06290 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND PUBLIC UTILITY AFFILIATE ENTITIES AND REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID OF THE STATE.
• HB06293 - AN ACT REPEALING ANY CHARGE INCLUDED IN THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB06305 - AN ACT REQUIRING AN AUDIT OF PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• HB07086 - AN ACT REQUIRING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO OPEN A DOCKET CONCERNING THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.
• SB00304 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGES ON ELECTRIC BILLS.
• SB00647 - AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR CONSUMER ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY.
• SB00896 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CAP FOR THE COMBINED PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE.

  Federal aid 

 

• HB05980 - AN ACT PROVIDING FUNDS FOR A FEDERAL PLANNING GRANT FOR EXTENDING THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER LINEAR TRAIL TO THE TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN.
• HB06629 - AN ACT PROHIBITING STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS FROM ACCEPTING FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONDUCT CERTAIN PROGRAMS RELATED TO MARIJUANA GROWN ON PRIVATE LAND.

  Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 

 

• HB05340 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE STATE FROM MANDATING A COVID-19 VACCINATION.
• HB05341 - AN ACT PROHIBITING EMPLOYERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS FROM REQUIRING PROOF OF A COVID-19 VACCINATION.
• HB05738 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A LONG COVID-19 REVIEW BOARD.
• HB05870 - AN ACT AWARDING A PENSION CREDIT TO TEACHERS WHO WORKED FULL-TIME THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
• HB06095 - AN ACT CONCERNING HUSKY HEALTH PROGRAM COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN WITH LONG COVID-19 OR POST-COVID-19 EXPENSES NOT COVERED BY PRIVATE INSURANCE.
• HB06612 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCRIMINATION OF A PERSON BASED UPON WHETHER SUCH PERSON WEARS A SURGICAL MASK, HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED A COVID-19 VACCINE OR HAS BEEN TESTED FOR COVID-19.
• HB06613 - AN ACT PROHIBITING SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A STUDENT OR A STUDENT'S FAMILY MEMBER AS A RESULT OF SUCH STUDENT'S OR FAMILY MEMBER'S COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS.