South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024

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S. 176

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Climer and Gustafson
Document Path: SR-0104KM23.docx

Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2023
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Public Utilities

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
11/30/2022 Senate Prefiled
11/30/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/10/2023 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 95)
1/10/2023 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 95)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

11/30/2022



A bill

to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Section 58-1-60 so as to PROHIBIT A PUBLIC UTILITY FROM INCLUDING IN ITS RATE BASE OR OTHERWISE RECOVER FROM ITS CUSTOMERS ANY LEGAL FEES PAID BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY FOR A MATTER IN WHICH THE PUBLIC UTILITY WAS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL STATUTE, REGULATION, OR ORDINANCE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.   Chapter 1, Title 58 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

   Section 58-1-60.   A public utility, as defined in Section 58-3-5, that has rates subject to regulation by the Public Service Commission shall not be permitted to include as a part of its rate base nor otherwise recover from its customers any legal fees paid by the public utility for a matter in which the public utility was found to have violated a federal, state, or local statute, regulation, or ordinance.

SECTION 2.   This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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