Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Filed: 4/17/2013
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 11
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 11, AS AMENDED, with | ||||||
| 3 | reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 2, as | ||||||
| 4 | follows:
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| 5 | by replacing line 8 on page 1 through line 6 on page 2 with the | ||||||
| 6 | following: | ||||||
| 7 | "utilities shall give notice and shall supply information | ||||||
| 8 | accessible by the internet about any program a public utility | ||||||
| 9 | is currently offering to residential customers experiencing | ||||||
| 10 | difficulty in paying utility bills due to financial hardship. | ||||||
| 11 | If a residential customer contacts a public utility concerning | ||||||
| 12 | the customer's financial hardship and inability to pay utility | ||||||
| 13 | bills for winter energy services, then the public utility shall | ||||||
| 14 | refer the customer to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance | ||||||
| 15 | Program managed by the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 16 | Opportunity. When making a referral, the public utility shall | ||||||
| 17 | inform the customer that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance | ||||||
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| 1 | Program is designed to assist income-eligible households with | ||||||
| 2 | winter energy services through payment in the form of a grant | ||||||
| 3 | for assistance made on behalf of the customer to the utilities. | ||||||
| 4 | Each public utility shall post information concerning the Low | ||||||
| 5 | Income Home Energy Assistance Program on its website and the | ||||||
| 6 | information shall also be made available upon a customer's | ||||||
| 7 | request.".
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