Bill Summary: HB 5199

• Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall use Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act federal funds to offset costs of advanced metering infrastructure installed by electric distribution companies on or after July 1, 2022

• Funded infrastructure costs would otherwise be recoverable through customer ratemaking, meaning federal funds reduce the need for rate increases

• "Advanced metering infrastructure" includes technologies investigated in a Public Utilities Regulatory Authority docket reopened on October 3, 2019

• Effective date is July 1, 2022