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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2025 By:
Senate Amendments to House Bill No.
Representatives Bounds, Read, Anderson To:
1733 TO THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE:
Appropriations B;
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE SENATE HAS ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT BELOW:
(122nd), Clark, Eure, Hale, Jackson (11th), Appropriations A Paden, Pigott HOUSE BILL NO.
AMENDMENT NO.
1733 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
1 Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
H.
SECTION 3.
B.
No.
1733 *HR13/A811* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 25/HR13/A811 PAGE 1 SECTION 3.
Permanent:
PAGE 11733 Permanent:
It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to H.
It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that actual personnel expenditures for Fiscal Year 2026 do not exceed the data provided by the Legislative Budget Office.
B.
If the agency’s Fiscal Year 2026 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no salary actions shall be processed by the PAGE 21733 State Personnel Board except for new hires determined to be essential for the agency.
No.
1733 *HR13/A811* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A811 PAGE 2 ensure that actual personnel expenditures for Fiscal Year 2026 do not exceed the data provided by the Legislative Budget Office.
If the agency’s Fiscal Year 2026 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no salary actions shall be processed by the State Personnel Board except for new hires determined to be essential for the agency.
In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of H.
In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency.
B.
No.
1733 *HR13/A811* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A811 PAGE 3 the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency.
FY2026 Performance Measures Target Utility Regulatory Services Number of Utility Docket Cases 142 Number of Utility Complaints 4,600 Electric Complaints as a Percent of Total 57.00 Telecommunication Complaints as a Percent of Total 26.00 Water Complaints as a Percent of Total 12.00 Gas Complaints as a Percent of Total 4.00 Sewer Complaints as a Percent of Total 1.00 Average Cost per Utility Complaint 638.00 Time To Resolve Utility Complaints (Days) 3 Average Price of Electricity per Kilowatt Hour in MS for Residential Customers, by Utility Type:
PAGE 31733 FY2026 Performance Measures Target Utility Regulatory Services Number of Utility Docket Cases 142 Number of Utility Complaints 4,600 Electric Complaints as a Percent of Total 57.00 Telecommunication Complaints as a Percent of Total 26.00 Water Complaints as a Percent of Total 12.00 Gas Complaints as a Percent of Total 4.00 Sewer Complaints as a Percent of Total 1.00 Average Cost per Utility Complaint 638.00 Time To Resolve Utility Complaints (Days) 3 Average Price of Electricity per Kilowatt Hour in MS for Residential Customers, by Utility Type:
Electric H.
Electric Cooperatives (Cents/kWh) 11.55 Average Price of Electricity for Residential Customers in MS as a Percent of the 2020 National Average, 13.15 Cents/kWh - Investor Owned Utilities 87.83 Average Price of Electricity for PAGE 41733 Residential Customers in MS as a Percent of the 2020 National Average, 13.15 Cents/kWh - Electric Cooperative 87.83 Average Monthly Residential Electric Usage in MS (kWh) 1186.00 Average Monthly Residential Electric Usage in MS as a Percent of the 2015 National Average, 909 kWh 128.00 Number of Pipeline Inspections 900 Average Cost per Pipeline Inspection 883.00 A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2027.
B.
No.
1733 *HR13/A811* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A811 PAGE 4 Cooperatives (Cents/kWh) 11.55 Average Price of Electricity for Residential Customers in MS as a Percent of the 2020 National Average, 13.15 Cents/kWh - Investor Owned Utilities 87.83 Average Price of Electricity for Residential Customers in MS as a Percent of the 2020 National Average, 13.15 Cents/kWh - Electric Cooperative 87.83 Average Monthly Residential Electric Usage in MS (kWh) 1186.00 Average Monthly Residential Electric Usage in MS as a Percent of the 2015 National Average, 909 kWh 128.00 Number of Pipeline Inspections 900 Average Cost per Pipeline Inspection 883.00 A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2027.
None of the funds herein appropriated by this act to the Public Service Commission shall be expended for any purpose that is not actually required or necessary for performing any of the powers or duties of the Mississippi Public Service Commission that are authorized by the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, state H.
None of the funds herein appropriated by this act to the Public Service Commission shall be expended for any purpose that is not actually required or necessary for performing any of the powers or duties of the Mississippi Public Service Commission that are authorized by the Mississippi Constitution of 1890, state or federal law, or rules or regulations that implement state or federal law.
B.
No.
1733 *HR13/A811* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A811 PAGE 5 or federal law, or rules or regulations that implement state or federal law.
It is the intention of the Legislature that the Public Service Commission shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2025.
It is the intention of the Legislature that the Public Service Commission shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year PAGE 51733 2025.
Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 and Section 2, none shall be used for any function currently assigned by statute the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff to represent the broad interest of the State of Mississippi by balancing the respective concerns of the residential, H.
Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 and Section 2, none shall be used for any function currently assigned by statute the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff to represent the broad interest of the State of Mississippi by balancing the respective concerns of the residential, commercial or industrial ratepayers, and the state and its agencies, departments, and the public utilities.
B.
No.
1733 *HR13/A811* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A811 PAGE 6 commercial or industrial ratepayers, and the state and its agencies, departments, and the public utilities.
On or before August 1, 2025, the Public Service Commission shall report these findings to the House of Representatives' Public Utilities Committee, the Senate's Energy Committee, and the Legislative Budget Office.
On or before August 1, 2025, the Public Service Commission shall report these findings to the House of Representatives' Public Utilities PAGE 61733 Committee, the Senate's Energy Committee, and the Legislative Budget Office.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2025.
H.
Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
B.
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
No.
SS15\HB1733A.J Amanda White Secretary of the Senate PAGE 71733
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