SB-593

This bill would require the Public Utilities Commission to mandate that electrical corporations adjust consumer protections by July 1, 2026, to safeguard customers from damaging voltage fluctuations, evaluating specific factors to determine necessary adjustments, while also requiring local publicly owned electric utilities to adopt similar protective policies and publicly post their claims processes by January 1, 2027. It expands the commission’s annual safety report to include data on voltage-related damage incidents, claims filed, and resolutions, and establishes that violations of these provisions would be subject to criminal penalties, creating a state-mandated local program for both investor-owned and publicly owned utilities without requiring state reimbursement for associated costs.