Electricity and Gas - Energy Suppliers - Assisted Customers
Sponsor: Senator WashingtonCommittee: FinanceSubject: Utility RegulationStatus: First Reading Economic Matters (as of Nov 6, 2020)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Prohibiting, with a certain exception, a retail electricity or natural gas supplier from knowingly enrolling a certain residential customer with or submitting an enrollment to change the customer's electricity supplier to a competitive supplier if the customer had received certain financial assistance in the preceding 12 months; requiring an electric company to confirm certain matters in its records at a certain time; requiring an electric company to verify a customer's status at a certain time; etc.
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Testimony (14)
MGA witness listFAV 10FavorableUNF 4Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Carmody, Paula | Office of People's Counsel | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Bresnahan, Tammy | aarp | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Yalov, Martha | aarp/gedco cares | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Carter, Cindy | csf | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Peltier, Laurel | energy supplier reform coalition | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Boyd, Linda | episcopal diocese | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Makhijani, Arjun | institute env and energy research | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Wein, Olivia | nclc | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dennison, Tom | smeco | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Washington, Senator Washingtonlegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Fiastro, Johnlobbyist | NRG | Position only |
| UNF | Lininger, Brettlobbyist | NRG | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Kress, Bill | RESA | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Nash, Katielobbyist | Vistra Energy | Written (PDF) |
Organizations on record
aarpFAV 1
aarp/gedco caresFAV 1
csfFAV 1
episcopal dioceseFAV 1
nclcFAV 1
NRGUNF 2
RESAUNF 1
smecoFAV 1
Vistra EnergyUNF 1
Registered lobbyists who testified
UNFFiastro, JohnNRGRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; Bayview Management LLC; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MD, VA & DC; Building Decarbonization Coalition; Carbon Solutions Group; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.…
UNFLininger, BrettNRGRegistered for: Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company); Amazon.com Services, LLC; American International Group; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Brookfield Power US Asset Management LLC; Centers for Better Insurance, LLC…
UNFNash, KatieVistra EnergyRegistered for: Jenoptik; Career Firefighter Association of Frederick County; Vistra Corporate Services Company; Ivory Investments, LLC; Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc.; Sunrun, Inc.…