SB 837 - Under the act, the Public Service Commission may directly contract counsel, financial advisors or other consultants as necessary for the purpose of reviewing financing orders for energy transition costs. This provision shall not be subject to state purchasing provisions. However, the Commission shall establish a policy for the bid process. Such policy shall be publicly available and any information related to contracts under the established policy shall be included in publicly available rate case documents. This act is identical to a provision in SCS/SB 740 (2024), a provision in SB 838 (2024), a provision in SB 896 (2024), HB 1728 (2024), a provision in SCS/HCS/HB 1746 (2024), HCS/HB 1071 (2023) and similar to SB 520 (2023).
JULIA SHEVELEVA