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H.B. 224: Electricity Rate Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill modifies provisions related to energy balancing account cost recovery for electrical corporations.

  • Establishes an energy cost baseline to be set by the Public Service Commission in general rate cases
  • Creates a symmetrical sharing band requiring electrical corporations to share with customers 80% of variances between actual costs and the energy cost baseline for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2026
  • Maintains 100% cost recovery for energy balancing account costs incurred before January 1, 2026

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Electricity · Energy · Public Utilities and Technology · Public Service Commission

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 224 found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Carl R. Albrecht

Senate floor sponsor: Evan J. Vickers

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.