A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.

Plain English Breakdown

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Electric Utility Voting Transparency Act

This act requires certain electric utilities in Indiana to file annual reports with the IURC detailing their voting records at PJM Interconnection meetings and explaining how those votes support state energy policies.

What This Bill Does

• Requires public utilities that provide electricity to file an annual report with the IURC starting in 2027.
• The report must list all recorded votes made by the utility or its affiliates at PJM Interconnection meetings, regardless of whether the vote is disclosed by PJM.
• Each vote listed must be explained as supporting Indiana's state energy policy attributes.
• Requires the IURC to post these reports on their website and create rules for implementing this requirement.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public utilities that provide electric service in Indiana
• The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)

Terms To Know

PJM Interconnection, LLC

A regional transmission organization responsible for the reliability and efficiency of an electricity grid serving all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

IURC

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, which oversees utilities in Indiana to ensure fair rates and services for customers.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a utility fails to comply with the reporting requirements.
• It is unclear how this will affect smaller utilities that do not participate in PJM Interconnection meetings.

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.
Utility votes at RTO meetings.

Current Bill Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.

Utility votes at RTO meetings.

Beginning in 2027, requires certain public utilities that provide electric utility service to file with the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) an annual report that: (1) lists, or otherwise provides access to information on, each recorded vote cast by the public utility, and any affiliate of the public utility, at a meeting of the PJM Interconnection, LLC regional transmission organization (RTO), regardless of whether the vote is disclosed by the RTO; and (2) includes a brief description explaining how each vote identified supports the provision of electric utility service with the attributes set forth in Indiana's state energy policy. Provides that for purposes of this requirement, a meeting means a meeting of: (1) specified permanent standing committees of the RTO; or (2) any senior task force of the RTO that is active during the calendar year with respect to which a report is submitted by a public utility under the bill's provisions. Requires the IURC to post on the IURC's website the reports received under the bill's provisions. Requires the IURC to adopt rules to implement these provisions.