2831-S2.E AMS FAIR MCNA 001

E2SHB 2831 - S AMD - 928

    By Senator Fairley

                                                    ADOPTED 3/6/98

    On page 6, after line 18, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. Any municipal electric utility formed by a municipality with a population of more than four hundred thousand as of the effective date of this section shall submit a report to its governing body by December 1, 1998, with the following information:

    (1) The ratio of the municipal electric utility's customers to its employees as of the effective date of this section, and the changes in the ratio that have occurred over the previous ten years; and

    (2) The annual sources of funding and the amount of annual expenditures, including federal funds, by the municipal electric utility on conservation, renewable resources, and low-income weatherization and energy bill-paying assistance programs during the previous ten years.  This part of the report shall describe: (i) the amount of electricity saved by such conservation programs; (ii) the overhead costs to the municipal electric utility to administer such programs, including but not limited to amounts expended by other municipal departments and nonprofit entities in administering such programs; and (iii) for low-income weatherization programs, the overhead cost per unit weatherized as compared to the overhead costs of comparable programs administered by the state. "

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

E2SHB 2831 - S AMD - 928

    By Senator Fairley

                                                    ADOPTED 3/6/98

    Amend the title accordingly.

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EFFECT: Requires the largest municipal utility to report on its ratio of employees to customers and on its expenditures for conservation, renewable resources and low-income weatherization and energy bill-paying assistance programs.