Electric utilities; integrated resource plans; SCC to investigate electric load forecasts.

The document structure was altered from a single-column layout to a multi-column format with line numbers and page headers, likely for internal legislative tracking purposes.

Removed the 'Enrolled' status header and the official chapter title indicating the bill had been approved by the Governor.

Added a new header identifying the document as a 'Labor and Commerce Substitute' offered for consideration on February 3, 2026.

Reformatted the bill text to include line numbers and spacing typical of a draft substitute bill rather than a final enrolled act.

The deadline for the State Corporation Commission to initiate the electric load forecasting investigation was extended from November 1, 2026, to March 1, 2027.

The investigation scope was reduced by removing the requirement to evaluate electric load forecasting practices of customers purchasing electric energy from licensed suppliers.

The definition of entities subject to the investigation was clarified to specifically include electric distribution cooperatives organized under Article 1 of Chapter 9.1 of Title 56.

The requirement for the Commission to investigate electric load forecasting practices performed by customers purchasing electric energy from licensed suppliers was removed.

Data sharing requirements were updated to specify that anonymized data may be shared with a third party under contract with the Commission, and new confidentiality protections were added for customer-level information.