Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 65 and Title 67.

ON APRIL 6, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2852, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. This amendment requires a utility system, upon request or application for a connection of utility service by a customer, to promptly provide the customer the connection cost. For purposes of this bill, "utility" means:<br /> <br /> (A) An entity subject to the jurisdiction of the water and wastewater financing board;<br /> <br /> (B) An entity subject to the jurisdiction of the utility management review board;<br /> <br /> (C) A county-owned or municipal-owned utility that provides electric, broadband, natural gas, or propane services to the public;<br /> <br /> (D) A public utility; and<br /> <br /> (E) A cooperative.<br /> <br /> Under this amendment, a customer may request the utility system to provide the customer connection cost in writing along with a written itemized and detailed description of the costs that comprise the connection cost. Upon receipt of a request, the utility system must promptly provide the customer the connection cost in writing along with a written itemized and detailed description of the costs that comprise the connection cost. If a utility cannot promptly provide to the customer the connection cost, the connection cost in writing, or a written itemized and detailed description of the costs that comprise the connection cost, then the utility must, within 14 days from completion of the approved design:<br /> <br /> (1) Provide to the customer in writing the connection cost and a written itemized and detailed description of the costs that comprise the connection cost; <br /> <br /> (2) Provide to the customer in writing the time reasonably necessary to calculate or determine the connection cost or to provide a written itemized and detailed description of the connection cost; or<br /> <br /> (3) Request from the customer information necessary to calculate or determine the connection cost and to provide a written itemized and detailed description to the customer as soon as practicable.<br /> <br /> If a utility:<br /> <br /> (1) As listed above in (A), fails to comply with this amendment, then the water and wastewater financing board must order reasonable sanctions against the utility;<br /> <br /> (2) As listed above in (B), fails to comply with this amendment, then the utility management review board must order reasonable sanctions against the utility;<br /> <br /> (3) As listed above in (C) or (E), fails to comply with this amendment, then the comptroller of the treasury, or the comptroller's designee, must order reasonable sanctions against the utility; and<br /> <br /> (4) As listed above in (D), fails to comply with this amendment, then the Tennessee public utility commission must order reasonable sanctions against the utility.<br /> <br /> A utility may receive sanctions from only one of the entities listed in subsection (a) that is authorized to order sanctions.<br />