HB 1641 — Appropriation; Public Service Commission.

HB1641 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)House) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:

Representatives Read, Cockerham, Arnold, Bennett, Clark, Eure, Hines, Holland, Horan, Myers, Turner, Willis, Sykes House Bill 1641 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)House) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM GENERAL FUNDS IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020.

$     4,522,303.00.4,439,358.00.

$       503,300.00.    502,692.00.

     Funds are provided herein for all full-time employees to receive up to a Three Percent (3%) pay increase to the realignment component of the Variable Compensation Plan, excluding head of agencies, board members and commission members.

                                                          FY2020 Performance Measures                                      Target Utility Regulatory Services      Number ofof  Utility Docket Cases                         Cases                      250250.00      Total Number of Utility Complaints                   Complaints                 4,6754,675.00      Electric Complaints as a Percentage of           Total (%)                                        49.00      Telecommunication Complaints as a           Percentage of Total (%)                          32.00      Water Complaints as a Percentage of           Total (%)                                        10.00      Gas Complaints as a Percentage of Total (%)            8.00      Sewer Complaints as a Percentage of           Total (%)                                         1.00      Average Cost per Utility Complaint ($)               650.00      Time To Resolve Utility Complaints (days)                (days)              33.00      Average Price of Electricity per           Kilowatt Hour in MS for Residential           Customers, by Utility Type:

          Investor-Owned Utilities (cents/kWh)              0.11      Average Price of Electricity per           Kilowatt Hour in MS for Residential           Customers, by Utility Type:  Electric           Cooperatives (cents/kWh)                          0.11      Average Price of Electricity for           Residential Customers in MS as a           Percentage of the April National           Average, 12.43 Cents/kWh - Investor           Owned Utilities(%)                               86.89      Average Price of Electricity for           Residential Customers in MS as a           Percentage of the April National           Average, 12.43 Cents/kWh - Electric           Cooperative (%)                                  95.14      Average Monthly Residential Electric           Usage in MS (kWh)                               (kWh)                             1,2501,250.00      Average Monthly Residential Electric           Usage in MS as a Percentage of the 2015                    National Average, 909 kWh (%)                   134.50      Number of Pipeline Inspections                         Inspections                       650650.00      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 2021.

     SECTION 6. 6. 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 2019.  It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2021 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request process.

 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 2019.  It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2021 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2020 budget request process.

$     $   69,865.00.   69,865.00.

                                                          FY2020 Performance Measures                                      Target Telephone "no-call"      Number of NO-CALL Complaints                        Complaints                      15,44515,445.00      Average Cost per NO-CALL ComplaintComplaint                    ($)                20.00      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 2021.

     SECTION 10. 10. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Public Service Commission shall compile the amount of time that is expended on each regulated entity during Fiscal Year 2019.  On or before August 1, 2019, the Public Service Commission shall report these findings to the House of Representatives' Public Utilities Committee.

 It is the intention of the Legislature that the Public Service Commission shall compile the amount of time that is expended on each regulated entity during Fiscal Year 2019.  On or before August 1, 2019, the Public Service Commission shall report these findings to the House of Representatives' Public Utilities Committee.

     SECTION 12.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019, and shall stand repealed June 30, 2019.