Bill Title: To urge specific electric and gas utilities in Ohio
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-11-13 - To Public Utilities
[SCR44 Detail]Download: Ohio-2013-SCR44-Introduced.html
As Introduced | 130th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2013-2014 |
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To urge specific electric and gas utilities in Ohio | 1 |
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to provide individualized energy usage information | 2 |
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to each of its residential customers. | 3 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING): | WHEREAS, Residential energy customers should have access to | 4 |
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individualized and confidential energy usage information in order | 5 |
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to realize ways to reduce their energy costs and consumption; now | 6 |
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therefore be it | 7 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 130th General Assembly | 8 |
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of the State of Ohio, urge each electric distribution utility, | 9 |
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natural gas company, municipal utility, governmental aggregator, | 10 |
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and cooperative in Ohio to adopt industry best practices by | 11 |
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providing a report to each customer with each of the customer's | 12 |
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bills that contains the following information: | 13 |
| (A) How the customer's home energy usage compares to the | 14 |
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energy usage of other anonymous customers in homes of similar age | 15 |
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and size in the customer's neighborhood and to the energy usage of | 16 |
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the most efficient of these customers; | 17 |
| (B) How the customer's energy usage has changed each month | 18 |
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over the previous twelve months; | 19 |
| (C) Educational information on ways to reduce energy costs; | 20 |
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and be it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That electric and gas customers be provided the | 22 |
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opportunity to opt-out of receiving the individualized energy | 23 |
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usage and educational information report; and be it further | 24 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 25 |
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authenticated copies of this resolution to each electric | 26 |
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distribution utility, natural gas company, municipal utility, | 27 |
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governmental aggregator, and cooperative in Ohio, and to the news | 28 |
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media of Ohio. | 29 |
