HB326
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection…
Introduced: February 5, 2025
Last action: February 7, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill would set rules limiting when electric and gas utility companies can shut off service to customers. It would ban disconnections during extreme hot or cold weather, on weekends and holidays, or outside certain daytime hours, and would require special protections for households where a medical professional or community organization has certified that losing power or gas could put someone's health at risk. Kentuckians in those situations could also get fees waived and have…
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