AN ACT REMOVING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE FROM ELECTRIC BILLS.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the removal and funding shift but does not specify an effective date or implementation timeline.

HB05028: Removing the Combined Public Benefits Charge from Electric Bills

This bill removes a fee called the 'Combined Public Benefits Charge' from electric bills and requires that state funds pay for these costs instead.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the charge known as the 'Combined Public Benefits Charge' from electricity bills for end use customers of each electric distribution company.
• Requires that the cost of this removed charge be paid from the General Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

• End use customers who receive electric distribution company bills.
• Electric distribution companies in the state.
• The state's General Fund, which will pay for the costs previously on customer bills.

Terms To Know

Combined Public Benefits Charge

A specific fee currently listed on electric bills that this bill removes.

General Fund

The state fund required to pay for the costs of the removed charge.

Limits and Unknowns

• The text does not list the specific programs or projects that currently receive this charge.
• The bill summary does not provide a date when these changes will take effect.
• The source material does not explain how much money must be moved from customer bills to the General Fund.

Official Summary Text

To remove the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from electric customer bills and pay the costs of such charges from the General Fund.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 331 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5028
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 331

Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Introduced by:
REP. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.

AN ACT REMOVING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS CHARGE FROM
ELECTRIC BILLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to (1) remove the charges 1
collectively called the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from electric 2
bills for end use customers of each electric distribution company, and 3
(2) require that the cost of such charges be paid from the General Fund. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To remove the "Combined Public Benefits Charge" from electric
customer bills and pay the costs of such charges from the General Fund.