| This bill requires transmission and distribution utilities to |
provide fair and reasonable treatment of special rate contract |
customers. The bill prohibits the use of different engineering, |
equipment, fuel and other cost assumptions for potential special |
rate contract customers who are similarly situated and prohibits |
unreasonable discrimination for or against particular customers. |
The bill requires renewal of special rate contracts when, if the |
alternative electricity or energy source originally available to |
the customer had been relied on, it would still be available to |
the customer following the expiration of the original special |
rate contract. |