This bill would prohibit, except as provided, an electrical corporation or gas corporation from recording various expenses associated with political influence activities, as defined, promotional advertising, as defined, or opposing the municipalization of electrical or gas service, to accounts that contain expenses that the electrical corporation or gas corporation recovers from ratepayers, as specified. The bill would require each electrical corporations and corporation or gas corporations corporation to clearly and conspicuously disclose in all of its advertising public messages whether the costs of the advertising public messages are paid for by the corporation’s shareholders or ratepayers, as provided. The bill would require an each electrical corporation or gas corporation, on or before May 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, to include, as part of a specified statement to the commission, certain information. The bill would require the commission to make the report publicly available. available, as provided.

This bill would require the commission to assess a civil penalty against an electrical corporation or gas corporation that violates certain prohibitions described above, as provided.