Senate Sponsors: CRONIN-SULLIVAN. Short description: UTIL POWER OUTAGE-DAMAGES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility serving 1,000,000 or more customers shall compensate customers for all damages resulting from power interruptions lasting more than 4 hours. Removes requirement that power interruptions must affect more than 30,000 customers before a utility is required to reimburse customers. Provides that if the Commerce Commission determines that the utility has failed to meet reliability standards, the Commission may order that the utility not collect the fixed service charge on a customer's periodic bill for the period in which the power interruption occurred and that the utility refund 10% of the affected customer's bill for the billing period during which the interruption occurred. Removes restrictions on the types of damages that may be recovered. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status