| This bill requires transmission and distribution utilities to |
| provide fair and reasonable treatment of special rate contract |
| customers. The bill prohibits the use of different engineering, |
| equipment, fuel and other cost assumptions for potential special |
| rate contract customers who are similarly situated and prohibits |
| unreasonable discrimination for or against particular customers. |
| The bill requires renewal of special rate contracts when, if the |
| alternative electricity or energy source originally available to |
| the customer had been relied on, it would still be available to |
| the customer following the expiration of the original special |
| rate contract. |