Amendment #99 to H5151

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Mr. Lawn of Watertown moves to amend the bill by inserting at the end the following section:

SECTION X: The first paragraph of section 1D of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

Not later than August 1, 2026, each distribution company’s standard billing format for residential customers shall display a breakdown of charges for distribution service to inform customers of the portion of the delivery charge attributable to system benefit programs offered by a gas or electric company, or make other such changes to improve customer understanding of the components of the gas and electric bill and to provide clarity on what costs are causing increases to the total amount of a customer’s bill.

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