(Doc Name COUNCIL\AHB\4950C001.BH.AHB18.DOCX):
EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 72, PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION, page 410, after line 33, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (PSC: Base Load Review) From
the funds appropriated and/or authorized to the Public Service
Commission:
(1)
The Public Service Commission shall not hold a
hearing on the merits for a docket in which requests were made
pursuant to the Base Load Review Act before November 1, 2018;
however, the Public Service Commission may hold an
administrative or procedural hearing for such a docket prior to
a hearing on the merits. The Public Service Commission must
issue a final order for a docket in which requests were made
pursuant to the Base Load Review Act no later than December 21,
2018; and
(2)
No final determination of these requests, whether
by a final order issued by the Public Service Commission or by
operation of law, shall occur earlier than the time period
prescribed in item (1). The Public Service Commission's failure
to issue a final order prior to the time period established in
this proviso shall not constitute approval by the Public Service
Commission and a utility must not put into effect the change in
rates it requested in its schedule.
/ Renumber
sections to conform. Amend totals and titles
to conform.