Consolidated Amendment "A" to H5151

Consolidated A

Fiscal Note: $0

Amendments: 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, 26, 37, 41, 53, 55, 60, 63, 67, 71, 72, 83, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 105, 114, 116, 118, 119, 124, 125

Mr. Michlewitz of Boston and others move to amend H.5151 in section 6 by striking out lines 72 to 80, inclusive.

And further amend the bill in section 14, by striking out, in lines 461 to 462, the words “This section shall not apply to, or otherwise affect, any government body that aggregates the load of” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Such prohibition shall not apply to suppliers serving.

 And further amend the bill in section 41, in lines 1425 to 1428, inclusive, by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

 (b)(1) Each gas company shall implement default budget billing for residential customers and residential customers shall be automatically enrolled in default budget billing. Any residential customer with less than 12 months of historical usage at their current service address or who has a past due balance shall not be eligible for default budget billing.

(2) Each gas company shall notify budget billing customers whenever their gas consumption for a billing month is substantially greater, as determined by the department, than the billing month immediately prior. The notification shall include the customer’s gas consumption in each of the prior 2 billing months, appropriate recommendations for gas conservation and any additional information as determined by the department.