Plain English Breakdown
The official text confirms the bill was vetoed; whether a legislative override occurred is unknown based on the provided source material alone.
HB2113: Rules for the Residential Utility Consumer Office
This bill outlines what the director of the Residential Utility Consumer Office can do, requires recording consumer complaints about service quality or quantity, and mandates that the office join rate cases if proposed price hikes are 100% or more.
What This Bill Does
- Allows the director to research residential utility interests and present arguments before hearing officers and the corporation commission.
- Permits the director to hire employees under state rules, contract for special services, and employ attorneys as needed.
- Requires the office to record all consumer contacts regarding service quality or quantity issues.
- Mandates that the office must join rate cases if a proposed price increase for residential customers is 100% or more.
- Directs the office to refer consumers to the corporation commission utilities division and advise them of other helpful agencies.
Who It Names or Affects
- The director of the Residential Utility Consumer Office
- Residential utility consumers in Arizona
- Public service corporations setting rates for home customers
Terms To Know
- Intervene
- To officially join a legal or government hearing to represent the interests of others.
- Rate case
- A formal process where public service corporations ask for permission to change their prices.
Limits and Unknowns
- The governor vetoed this bill on June 19, 2026, so it did not become law unless lawmakers overrode the veto.
- These rules do not apply to member-owned nonprofit cooperative corporations.