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State utilities, housing and agriculture agencies

Cluster ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG. (1) State public utility commission disconnection moratoria and their end dates, the orders binding electric, gas, water and sewer utilities as employers and their contractors; (3) State attorney general and gubernatorial price-gouging declarations, orders and consumer-protection emergency rules that limited pricing and sales practices for retailers, wholesalers and distributors; (4) State workers'-compensation presumption orders and insurance-regulator orders on premium relief and refunds (the insurance-of-last-resort layer); (5) State tax agency filing and payment postponements as context. Jurisdictions documented with saved exhibits: Kentucky, Arkansas, New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas (utilities); Minnesota, California, Michigan, New York, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts (price gouging); Michigan and New York (eviction and rental assistance); California, Minnesota, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Washington (workers' compensation and insurance); New York and New Jersey (tax). The session's WebSearch budget was exhausted before this assignment; the Wayback Machine was reachable only intermittently; most commission COVID-19 pages have been removed from the live web.

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Summary

Public utility commissions, legislatures and governors in at least twenty-eight States and the District of Columbia ordered electric, gas, water and sewer utilities to stop disconnecting customers for nonpayment in March 2020, and the orders stayed in force for months and, in several States, into the third quarter of 2021. Kentucky's Public Service Commission ordered on March 16, 2020 that 'utilities shall cease disconnections for non-payment' and 'shall waive all late payment charges' until otherwise ordered (Ex. 001), lifted the moratorium only on October 20, 2020, and then compelled every utility to offer default payment plans of six months to two years for arrearages accrued March 16 through October 1, 2020 and to forgo residential late fees through December 31, 2020 (Ex. 002). Arkansas's Commission ordered all jurisdictional electric, gas and water utilities to 'suspend disconnections... during the pendency of the Governor's emergency declaration' and suspended every tariff provision conditioning reconnection (Ex. 003). Texas's Commission on March 26, 2020 suspended the disconnection and late-fee rules for water, sewer and electric utilities, required every retail electric provider to offer deferred payment plans, and created the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program under which retail electric providers 'must cease disconnections of eligible residential customers'; the disconnection exceptions ran to August 31, 2020 and the Program's disconnection exemption ended September 30, 2020 (Ex. 016-020). New York enacted the moratorium into the Public Service Law: no utility 'shall terminate or disconnect services to any residential customer for the non-payment of an overdue charge for the duration of the state disaster emergency' and, for COVID-affected customers, for 180 days after it (ch. 108, June 17, 2020, Ex. 006), extended on May 11, 2021 to the earlier of 180 days after the emergency or December 31, 2021 (ch. 106, Ex. 007), which kept the prohibition in force through the whole third quarter of 2021. Connecticut's PURA directed all regulated electric, gas and water companies to cease residential terminations on March 12-13, 2020, extended the moratorium to all non-residential customers through May 1, 2020, and ended the non-hardship residential moratorium September 30, 2020 while barring disconnection of any customer enrolled in the COVID-19 Payment Program (Ex. 008, 011, 012; CT-065). Illinois's Commerce Commission urged every public utility to cease disconnections and late fees until May 1, 2020 (Ex. 009), entered an emergency interim order on March 18, 2020 and a stipulated moratorium that expired June 26, 2020, and on September 4, 2020 asked the large utilities to extend the residential moratorium to March 31, 2021 (Ex. 010). Michigan's Governor ordered every public water supply to restore water service to occupied residences and to report to the State Emergency Operations Center (Ex. 013). Washington's Proclamation 20-23 series barred utility disconnections and late fees from March 18, 2020 to September 30, 2021 (WA-014); New Jersey's EO 190, 229 and 246 barred them to June 30, 2021 with a grace period to December 31, 2021 (NJ-059 to -061); North Carolina's EO 124 and 142 ran March 31 to July 29, 2020 (NC-006, NC-012); Indiana, Kansas, Colorado, Montana and Delaware acted by gubernatorial order in March 2020 (IN-004, KS-004, CO-008, MT-011, DE-009). Price-gouging law was activated in nearly every State by the emergency declaration itself and was made stricter by new instruments: Minnesota EO 20-10 (March 20, 2020) prohibited 'all persons' from selling 'any essential consumer goods or services for an amount that represents an unconscionably excessive price' (more than 20 percent above the pre-emergency price) for the duration of the peacetime emergency, to July 1, 2021 (Ex. 031); California EO N-44-20 capped increases on food, consumer goods and medical and emergency supplies at 10 percent over the February 4, 2020 price from April 4 to September 4, 2020 (Ex. 032); Michigan EO 2020-18 and 2020-53 imposed a 20 percent cap over March 9, 2020 prices and made willful violation a misdemeanor (Ex. 033, 034); New York's ch. 90 of 2020 extended General Business Law 396-r to 'all parties within the chain of distribution' of any goods or services vital to health, safety or welfare, with penalties of $25,000 or three times gross receipts (Ex. 035); Colorado enacted C.R.S. 6-1-730 (Ex. 036); Maryland's COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act authorized a 10 percent profit cap and forbade termination of quarantined employees (Ex. 037); Massachusetts's Attorney General amended 940 CMR 3.18 on March 20, 2020 to reach every business 'at any point in the chain of distribution or manufacture' (Ex. 038). Eviction moratoria and rental-assistance conditions are covered in the State files; this cluster adds Michigan EO 2020-19 (Ex. 051) and New York's Emergency Rental Assistance Program statute, under which eviction proceedings 'shall be stayed pending a determination of eligibility' (Ex. 052, in force through the third quarter of 2021). State tax agencies postponed April 15, 2020 filing and payment deadlines to July 15, 2020 (New York N-20-2, Ex. 081; New Jersey P.L.2020 c.19, Ex. 082; Alabama AL-068; West Virginia WV-011; Ohio OH-012). in 2020 Q3 the utility moratoria of Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington, New Jersey and North Carolina (to July 29) remained, with the price-gouging orders of Minnesota, California (to Sept. 4) and the statutory regimes; in 2020 Q4 Kentucky (to Oct. 20), Pennsylvania (to Nov. 9, then protected classes), New York, Washington, New Jersey and Arkansas continued, with winter moratoria taking over in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Connecticut; in 2021 Q1 and Q2 New York, Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania's protected-customer rules (to Mar. 31) and Minnesota's price-gouging order continued; in 2021 Q3 New York's Public Service Law 32(7) protection, Washington's Proclamation 20-23.16 (to Sept. 30, 2021), New Jersey's grace period, New York's ERAP stay and the District of Columbia's phased utility and eviction moratorium (D.C. Act 24-125) were in force.

Context records are never pleaded as orders

This cluster holds 38 binding instruments and 2 context records. A binding instrument is an order, rule, emergency amendment, license condition or administrative order with the force of law. A context record is a guidance document, an announcement, an enforcement summary or a data release that explains what the binding instruments did and how the regulator applied them. The Library shows every context record with its source so a reader can check the account; the record builder, the orders clock and every count of orders in force leave it out.

The six quarters

What the file records as in force on the first and the last day of each quarter. For the second quarter of 2020 the record begins on March 13, 2020, the first day whose wages the credit reaches.

QuarterOn the quarter’s first dayOn the quarter’s last day
2020 Q2Mar. 13, 2020 – June 30, 2020April 1, 2020: utility disconnection moratoria in force in Kentucky (Ex. 001, from Mar. 16), Connecticut (CT-065 and Ex. 008, from Mar. 12-13; non-residential through May 1, Ex. 011), Illinois (ICC letter of Mar. 13 to May 1 and the Mar. 18 emergency interim order, Ex. 009 and NR record), Pennsylvania (emergency order of Mar. 13, recited in Ex. 015; door-to-door energy marketing suspended Mar. 16, Ex. 014 NR), Texas (Order of Mar. 26 suspending disconnection and late-fee rules and the ERP, Ex. 016-017), Michigan (water restoration EO 2020-28 of Mar. 28, Ex. 013), Washington (WA-014), New Jersey (voluntary from Mar. 13, then EO 190 in October, NJ-059), North Carolina (NC-006, from Mar. 31), Indiana (IN-004), Kansas (KS-004), Colorado (CO-008), Montana (MT-011), Delaware (DE-009); Arkansas followed on April 10 (Ex. 003). Price gouging: Minnesota EO 20-10 (Ex. 031, from Mar. 21), Michigan EO 2020-18 (Ex. 033, from Mar. 20), Massachusetts 940 CMR 3.18 as amended Mar. 20 (Ex. 038), Maryland ch. 14 (Ex. 037, from Mar. 19), and the statutory price-gouging regimes activated by the March emergency declarations in more than thirty States; California EO N-44-20 followed April 3 (Ex. 032). Eviction: Michigan EO 2020-19 (Ex. 051, to Apr. 17) and the State files. Workers' compensation: Wisconsin Act 185 (Ex. 069, Apr. 15), Minnesota ch. 72 (Ex. 067, Apr. 7), California N-62-20 (Ex. 066, May 6). Insurance: California grace-period notice (Ex. 072, Mar. 18) and Bulletin 2020-3 (Ex. 073, Apr. 13); Texas B-0007-20 (Mar. 23) and B-0020-20 (Apr. 15) (NR). Tax: New York N-20-2 and New Jersey c.19 (Ex. 081, 082), Alabama AL-068, West Virginia WV-011, Ohio OH-012.June 30, 2020: utility moratoria still in force in Kentucky (Ex. 001), Arkansas (Ex. 003), Texas (disconnection exceptions to June 13 then renewed to Aug. 31, Ex. 019; ERP to July 17 then Aug. 31, Ex. 018, 020), New York (ch. 108, Ex. 006, from June 17), Connecticut (CT-065; non-residential moratorium ended May 1, Ex. 011), Illinois (stipulated period expired June 26; utilities' voluntary extensions, Ex. 010), Pennsylvania (emergency order, recited in Ex. 015), Washington (WA-014), North Carolina (NC-012, to July 29), New Jersey (voluntary); Delaware's utility paragraph ended July 1 (DE-027). Price gouging: Minnesota (Ex. 031), California N-44-20 (Ex. 032, to Sept. 4), New York ch. 90 (Ex. 035, from June 6), Massachusetts (Ex. 038), Maryland (Ex. 037); Michigan's EO 2020-53 had expired May 15 (Ex. 034). Workers' compensation: California N-62-20 presumption (dates of injury to July 5), Minnesota, New Jersey (retroactive to Mar. 9 by the Sept. 14 act), Wisconsin (to June 10).
2020 Q3July 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2020July 1, 2020: Kentucky (Ex. 001), Arkansas (Ex. 003), Texas (Ex. 018-019: ERP and electric disconnection exception), New York (Ex. 006), Connecticut residential (CT-065), Pennsylvania (recited in Ex. 015), Washington (WA-014), North Carolina (NC-012, to July 29), Illinois (voluntary extensions and the Sept. 4 request, Ex. 010), Michigan water order (Ex. 013). Price gouging: Minnesota (Ex. 031), California N-44-20 (Ex. 032), New York (Ex. 035), Colorado HB20-1414 (Ex. 036, from July 14), Massachusetts (Ex. 038), Maryland (Ex. 037). Workers' compensation: Connecticut EO 7JJJ (Ex. 071, July 24), California (to July 5, then SB 1159 NR), Minnesota (Ex. 067), New Jersey (Ex. 068, Sept. 14 retroactive). Insurance: California Bulletin 2020-3 refunds (to be made within 120 days of Apr. 13), Texas B-0007-20 (NR).September 30, 2020: Kentucky moratorium in force (lifted Oct. 20, Ex. 002); Arkansas (Ex. 003); Texas ERP disconnection exemption ends this day (Ex. 020) and the rule exceptions had ended Aug. 31 (Ex. 019); New York (Ex. 006); Connecticut non-hardship residential moratorium ends this day (Ex. 012); Pennsylvania (Ex. 015, to Nov. 9); Washington (WA-014); Illinois utilities' voluntary extensions to Sept. 30 (Ex. 010); New Jersey EO 190 followed Oct. 15 (NJ-059). Price gouging: Minnesota (Ex. 031), New York (Ex. 035), Colorado (Ex. 036), Massachusetts (Ex. 038), Maryland (Ex. 037).
2020 Q4Oct. 1, 2020 – Dec. 31, 2020October 1, 2020: Kentucky (Ex. 001, to Oct. 20; payment-plan and late-fee terms of Ex. 002 thereafter), Arkansas (Ex. 003), New York (Ex. 006), Pennsylvania (to Nov. 9, then protected-customer and small-business rules, Ex. 015), Washington (WA-014), New Jersey (EO 190 from Oct. 15, NJ-059), Connecticut payment-program enrollees protected (Ex. 012). Price gouging: Minnesota, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland (Ex. 031, 035-038).December 31, 2020: Kentucky residential late-fee waiver ends (Ex. 002); Arkansas (Ex. 003); New York (Ex. 006); Pennsylvania protected customers (Ex. 015); Washington (WA-014); New Jersey EO 190 (to Mar. 15, 2021, NJ-059); statutory winter moratoria in Illinois (Dec. 1-Mar. 31, recited in Ex. 010), Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Price gouging: Minnesota, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland.
2021 Q1Jan. 1, 2021 – Mar. 31, 2021January 1, 2021: New York (Ex. 006), Arkansas (Ex. 003), Pennsylvania protected customers (Ex. 015, to Mar. 31), Washington (WA-014), New Jersey (NJ-059, then EO 229, NJ-060), Illinois winter rule (Ex. 010). Price gouging: Minnesota (Ex. 031), New York (Ex. 035), Colorado (Ex. 036), Massachusetts (Ex. 038), Maryland (Ex. 037). Workers' compensation: Minnesota ch. 72 (f) (to May 1, 2021), New Jersey c.84 (during the PHE).March 31, 2021: Pennsylvania protected-customer safeguards end by their terms (Ex. 015); Illinois winter moratorium ends (Ex. 010); New York (Ex. 006), Arkansas (Ex. 003), Washington (WA-014), New Jersey (NJ-060, to June 30) continue; Minnesota, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland price-gouging regimes continue.
2021 Q2Apr. 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021April 1, 2021: New York (Ex. 006), Washington (WA-014), New Jersey (NJ-060), Arkansas (Ex. 003, to the end of the Arkansas emergency); New York ERAP statute enacted Apr. 16 with the eviction stay (Ex. 052); Minnesota EO 20-10 (Ex. 031); Maryland ch. 14 abrogated Apr. 30, 2021 (Ex. 037).June 30, 2021: New Jersey utility moratorium ends this day (NJ-060/061); New York PSL 32(6) moratorium ran to the June 24, 2021 end of the emergency and PSL 32(7) protections continue (Ex. 006, 007); Washington (WA-014); New York ERAP stay (Ex. 052); Minnesota EO 20-10 ends with the peacetime emergency July 1, 2021 (Ex. 031); Colorado and New York statutes remain on the books (Ex. 035, 036).
2021 Q3July 1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 2021July 1, 2021: in force: New York PSL 32(7)-(8) (no termination of COVID-affected residential customers for defaulted deferred-payment agreements or arrears; right to a deferred payment agreement without down payment, late fees or penalties) for 180 days after June 24, 2021 or to Dec. 31, 2021, whichever earlier (Ex. 006, 007); Washington Proclamation 20-23 series utility disconnection and late-fee prohibitions (WA-014, to Sept. 30, 2021); New Jersey six-month grace period under EO 246 (NJ-061, to Dec. 31, 2021); New York ERAP eviction stay for applicants (Ex. 052) and the New York eviction and foreclosure moratorium (NY-085, extended by NY-086); California AB 832 eviction protections to Sept. 30, 2021 (CA-062); District of Columbia phased utility and eviction moratoria (D.C. Act 24-125, July 24, 2021, DC record); Minnesota EO 20-10 in force on July 1 only (Ex. 031); Colorado C.R.S. 6-1-730 within 180 days of the last disaster-emergency declaration (Ex. 036); Massachusetts 940 CMR 3.18 as a standing regulation (Ex. 038); Connecticut EO 7JJJ presumption for the March 10-May 20, 2020 window (Ex. 071); California SB 1159 presumptions (NR).September 30, 2021: Washington utility moratorium terminates this day (WA-014); New York PSL 32(7) (Ex. 007), New Jersey grace period (NJ-061), New York ERAP stay (Ex. 052), New York and D.C. eviction moratoria, and the permanent price-gouging statutes remain. Not in force: the 2020 commission moratoria of Kentucky, Arkansas (assuming rescission with the May 30, 2021 end of the Arkansas emergency; not verified), Texas, Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina; Minnesota EO 20-10; California EO N-44-20 and N-62-20; Michigan EO 2020-18, -19, -28 and -53; Maryland ch. 14; Wisconsin's 102.03(6) presumption; the 2020 tax postponements.

The third quarter of 2021

In force in the third quarter of 2021

What ended the general restrictions, and what remained
Instrument
No single instrument; by cluster: utility disconnection moratoria ended by State (Kentucky Oct. 20, 2020, Ex. 002; Texas Sept. 30, 2020, Ex. 020; Connecticut non-hardship residential Sept. 30, 2020, Ex. 012; Pennsylvania Nov. 9, 2020 for customers able to pay, Ex. 015; North Carolina July 29, 2020, NC-012; New Jersey June 30, 2021, NJ-061; Washington Sept. 30, 2021, WA-014; New York the earlier of 180 days after the June 24, 2021 end of the state disaster emergency or Dec. 31, 2021, Ex. 007); price-gouging orders ended with the emergency declarations that triggered them (Minnesota July 1, 2021, Ex. 031; California EO N-44-20 Sept. 4, 2020, Ex. 032; Michigan May 15, 2020 for EO 2020-53, Ex. 034)
Date
Varies by State.
What remained
After September 30, 2021: New York PSL 32(7)-(8) deferred-payment protections to December 21, 2021 (Ex. 007); New Jersey utility grace period to December 31, 2021 (NJ-061); New York ERAP eviction stay (Ex. 052) with the State's eviction moratorium to January 15, 2022 (NY-086); District of Columbia phased moratoria (DC record); Colorado C.R.S. 6-1-730 and New York GBL 396-r as permanent statutes that activate with any future declaration (Ex. 035, 036); Massachusetts 940 CMR 3.18 as a standing regulation (Ex. 038)

Preemption. Not applicable to this cluster in the ordinary sense. Public utility commissions hold exclusive jurisdiction over the rates and service of the utilities they regulate (e.g., KRS 278.040(2), recited in Ex. 001), so their moratoria displaced inconsistent tariff terms and municipal-utility practice only where the commission's jurisdiction reached (Kentucky's order expressly noted that its jurisdiction 'does not extend' to municipal utilities and urged them to follow suit, Ex. 001 n.1). Price-gouging orders by governors were statewide and bound every seller in the State (Ex. 031, 032, 033, 034).

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ExhibitInstrumentIssuerDateStateCharacterLimitation typesQuarters
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-077Policy statement, 'Workers' Compensation Coverage and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Common Questions' (as captured May 26, 2020; policy first…Department policy allowing workers'-compensation claims of health-care providers and first responders for COVID-19 exposure and quarantine, with time-loss…Washington State Department of Labor and IndustriesMar. 5, 2020WABinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-008Press release, 'PURA Directs Utilities to Cease Residential Shut-offs During COVID-19 Outbreak' (announcing the ruling in Docket No.…Moratorium on Utility Service Terminations: ruling directing all regulated electric, natural gas and water companies to cease residential service terminations…Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (press release announcing the ruling of March 12, 2020 in Docket No.…Mar. 12, 2020CTBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-009Letter to Regulatory Representatives of Illinois Public Utilities re Termination of Utility Service and Tracking of Costs during Public…Directive urging every Illinois public utility to cease disconnections for non-payment and suspend late payment fees until May 1, 2020, and to track all…Illinois Commerce Commission, Acting Executive Director Jim ZolnierekMar. 13, 2020ILBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-001Order, Case No. 2020-00085, Electronic Emergency Docket Related to the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19Order establishing the COVID-19 emergency docket; directing utilities to cease disconnections for non-payment and waive late payment charges; granting…Kentucky Public Service CommissionMar. 16, 2020KYBinding instrumentCourts and public officesOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-014Emergency Order suspending door-to-door, public-event and in-person sales and marketing of competitive electric and natural gas supply…PUC Suspends Door-to-Door, In-Person Marketing Activities for Energy Suppliers During Governor's Proclamation of Disaster EmergencyPennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille (Emergency Order), Docket No.…Mar. 16, 2020PABinding instrumentBusiness closureOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-011Press release, 'PURA to Expand Scope of its Investigation to Address Issues Arising from the COVID-19 State of Emergency' (motion ruling in…Expanded protections: shut-off moratorium extended to all non-residential customers of PURA-regulated gas, electric and water utilities through May 1, 2020…Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (press release announcing the motion ruling of March 18, 2020)Mar. 18, 2020CTBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-072Notice: 60-Day Grace Period for Insurance Premium Payments Due to the Disruption Caused by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) OutbreakNotice to all admitted and non-admitted insurance companies, all licensed producers and other interested parties requesting at least a 60-day grace period for…Insurance Commissioner Ricardo LaraMar. 18, 2020CABinding instrumentOther2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-037Chapter 14 of the Acts of 2020 (House Bill 1663), COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Protection Act of 2020State Government - State of Emergency and Catastrophic Health Emergency - Authority of Governor and Unemployment Insurance Benefits (COVID-19 Public Health…Maryland General Assembly; approved by Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.Mar. 19, 2020MDBinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033Executive Order No. 2020-18Enhanced restrictions on price gouging; Rescission of Executive Order 2020-8Governor Gretchen WhitmerMar. 20, 2020MIBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-038940 CMR 3.18, Price Gouging (as amended by emergency regulation effective March 20, 2020)Price Gouging: unfair or deceptive act for any business at any point in the chain of distribution or manufacture to sell goods or services necessary for the…Attorney General Maura Healey (Office of the Attorney General)Mar. 20, 2020MABinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-051Executive Order No. 2020-19Temporary prohibition against entry to premises for the purpose of removing or excluding a tenant or mobile home owner from their homeGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMar. 20, 2020MIBinding instrumentCourts and public officesOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-031Emergency Executive Order 20-10Combatting Price Gouging During the COVID-19 Peacetime EmergencyGovernor Tim Walz; approved by the Executive Council and filed with the Secretary of State March 20, 2020Mar. 21, 2020MNBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-074Commissioner's Bulletin B-0007-20COVID-19: Claim-handling deadlines and premium paymentsTexas Department of Insurance, Commissioner Kent SullivanMar. 23, 2020TXBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-016Order Directing Certain Actions and Granting Exceptions to Certain Rules, Project No. 50664, Issues Related to the State of Disaster for the…Retail electric providers directed to offer deferred payment plans on request; exceptions granted to the water, sewer and electric rules on late fees…Public Utility Commission of Texas (Chairman DeAnn T. Walker, Commissioners Arthur C. D'Andrea and Shelly…Mar. 26, 2020TXBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-017Order Related to COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, Project No. 50664Establishment of the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program: retail electric providers must cease disconnections of eligible residential customers in areas open to…Public Utility Commission of TexasMar. 26, 2020TXBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013Executive Order No. 2020-28Restoring water service to occupied residences during the COVID-19 pandemicGovernor Gretchen WhitmerMar. 28, 2020MIBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-032Executive Order N-44-20Executive Order N-44-20 (price gouging): waiver of the time limitation in Penal Code 396(b) through September 4, 2020; 10 percent cap over February 4, 2020…Governor Gavin NewsomApr. 3, 2020CABinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-067Laws of Minnesota 2020, Chapter 72 (H.F. 4537)An act relating to workers' compensation; providing a presumption for COVID-19 workers' compensation claims for certain employees; requiring a report…Minnesota Legislature; signed by Governor Tim Walz April 7, 2020, 5:04 p.m.Apr. 8, 2020MNBinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-003Order No. 1, Docket No. 20-012-A, In the Matter of Administrative Orders Relating to the COVID-19 State of EmergencyOrder directing all Commission-jurisdictional electric, gas and water public utilities to suspend disconnections during the Governor's emergency declaration…Arkansas Public Service CommissionApr. 10, 2020ARBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-073Bulletin 2020-3Premium Refunds, Credits, and Reductions in Response to COVID-19 PandemicInsurance Commissioner Ricardo LaraApr. 13, 2020CAContextOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-082P.L.2020, Chapter 19An Act mitigating the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (automatic extension of gross income tax and corporation business tax filing and payment deadlines…New Jersey Legislature; approved by Governor Philip D. MurphyApr. 14, 2020NJBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-075Commissioner's Bulletin B-0020-20COVID-19: Commercial premium adjustments and midterm premium auditsTexas Department of InsuranceApr. 15, 2020TXContextOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-018Second Order Related to COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, Project No. 50664Modification and continuation of the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program; retail electric providers must continue to cease disconnections of eligible…Public Utility Commission of TexasApr. 17, 2020TXBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034Executive Order No. 2020-53Enhanced restrictions on price gouging; Rescission of Executive Order 2020-18Governor Gretchen WhitmerApr. 17, 2020MIBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-0692019 Wisconsin Act 185 (2019 Assembly Bill 1038)An Act relating to the state government response to the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19 Response Act)Wisconsin Legislature; approved by Governor Tony Evers April 15, 2020Apr. 17, 2020WIBinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-066Executive Order N-62-20Executive Order N-62-20 (workers' compensation): any COVID-19-related illness of an employee who worked at the employer's direction outside the home on or after…Governor Gavin NewsomMay 6, 2020CABinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-035Chapter 90 of the Laws of 2020 (S.8189)An act to amend the general business law, in relation to price gougingNew York State Legislature (Sen. Hoylman); approved by Governor Andrew M. CuomoJune 6, 2020NYBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-006Chapter 108 of the Laws of 2020 (S.8113-A)An act to amend the public service law, in relation to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of…New York State Legislature (Sens. Parker, Hoylman, Metzger); approved by Governor Andrew M. CuomoJune 17, 2020NYBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-036House Bill 20-1414Concerning a Prohibition Against Engaging in Price Gouging for a Period Following a Declared Disaster (C.R.S. 6-1-730)Colorado General Assembly (Reps. Weissman and Titone; Sens. Foote and Pettersen); approved by Governor Jared…July 14, 2020COBinding instrumentOther2020 Q3 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-019Fourth Order Directing Certain Actions and Granting Exceptions to Certain Rules, Project No. 50664Deferred payment plans on request renewed 'until further order of the Commission'; exception to the electric disconnection-for-nonpayment rule (16 TAC…Public Utility Commission of TexasJuly 16, 2020TXBinding instrumentOther2020 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-071Executive Order No. 7JJJProtection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Rebuttable Presumption Regarding Workers Compensation Benefits Related to…Governor Ned LamontJuly 24, 2020CTBinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q3 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-020Fourth Order Related to COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program, Project No. 50664Conclusion of the COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program: enrollments end August 31, 2020; the exemption from disconnection for nonpayment for eligible residential…Public Utility Commission of TexasAug. 27, 2020TXBinding instrumentOther2020 Q3 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-010News release, 'Commissioners Urge Utilities to Extend Moratorium on Disconnections through Winter 2021' (September 9, 2020), reporting the…Commission request that large regulated utilities extend the residential disconnection moratorium to March 31, 2021; record of the stipulated moratorium's June…Illinois Commerce Commission (all five Commissioners; news release)Sept. 4, 2020ILBinding instrumentOther2020 Q3 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-068P.L.2020, Chapter 84 (S.2380, corrected copy)An Act concerning essential employees contracting coronavirus disease 2019 and supplementing Title 34 of the Revised StatutesNew Jersey Legislature (S.2380); approved by Governor Philip D. MurphySept. 14, 2020NJBinding instrumentWorkplace rulesOther2020 Q2 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-002Order, Case No. 2020-00085 (September 21, 2020)Order lifting the moratorium on disconnections for nonpayment beginning October 20, 2020, continuing the residential late-fee moratorium to December 31, 2020…Kentucky Public Service CommissionSept. 21, 2020KYBinding instrumentOther2020 Q3 – 2021 Q2
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-012Press release, 'PURA Extends COVID-19 Payment Program Enrollment Date' (ruling of September 23, 2020 in Docket No. 20-03-15)Extension of COVID-19 Payment Program enrollment to November 1, 2020 for residential and non-residential customers; residential non-hardship shut-off moratorium…Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (press release announcing the ruling of September 23, 2020)Sept. 23, 2020CTBinding instrumentOther2020 Q3 – 2020 Q4
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-015Press release, 'PUC Enhances Utility Protections for Families & Businesses Struggling with Financial Impact of COVID-19' (October 8, 2020)…Termination moratorium lifted effective November 9, 2020 for customers able to pay; no terminations for residential customers within 300 percent of the Federal…Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Motion adopted at the October 8, 2020 public meeting; order entered at…Oct. 8, 2020PABinding instrumentOther2020 Q4 – 2021 Q1
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-052Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2021 (S.2506-C), Part BBCOVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program of 2021: rental and utility arrears assistance; restrictions on eviction of applicants; stay of pending eviction…New York State Legislature; approved by Governor Andrew M. CuomoApr. 16, 2021NYBinding instrumentCourts and public officesOther2021 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-007Chapter 106 of the Laws of 2021 (S.1453-A)An act to amend the public service law, in relation to extending a moratorium on utility termination of services after the COVID-19 state of emergency is lifted…New York State Legislature (Sens. Parker, Gaughran, Harckham, Hinchey, Hoylman, Kennedy); approved by Governor…May 11, 2021NYBinding instrumentOther2021 Q2 – 2021 Q3
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-081Important Notice N-20-2Announcement Regarding Relief from Certain Filing and Payment Deadlines due to the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Commissioner Michael SchmidtUndatedNYBinding instrumentOther2020 Q2 – 2020 Q3