Montana State Legislature
2023-2024 Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee
Next Scheduled Meeting:
May 22-23, 2024
State Capitol
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ETIC staff:
Griffin Burns, Research Analyst
Jameson Walker, Attorney
Jacelyn Sterling, Secretary
The Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee (ETIC) is a partisan committee of the Legislature that conducts interim studies as assigned. The committee also provides administrative rule review, draft legislation review, program evaluation, and oversight for the Department of Service Regulation (DPSR) and the Public Service Commission (PSC).
The committee's statutory duties are in 5-5-230, MCA.
Committee Members
The audio minutes are the official minutes of the committee. Both the video and audio recordings of each meeting are available shortly after the meeting ends. A minutes log will be published later, noting the time at which various items were discussed.
January 18, 2024
Agenda-
Minutes- Audio/Video
Interim Studies
The Legislative Council assigns studies to the ETIC for the 2023-2024 interim. Committee options and decisions will be made on how to perform each study. More information about each study will be available on study pages linked below.
Assigned Studies
HJ 6: Study of electric power reserves
Committee Topics
Energy Regionalization Study
Agency Oversight
Universal System Benefits
August 2023
- Electric Universal System Benefits Activities 2022 Annual Report
- Montana Universal System Benefit Programs 2022 Annual Report
- Montana Electric Cooperatives Association (MECA) 2022 Report
- 2022 Large Customer USB reports
Rule Review
The ETIC will determine over the course of the 2023-24 interim whether to pursue any legislative proposals related to its work.