Clay Yarborough wary of bills regulating municipal utilities if JEA impacted

Clay Yarborough wary of bills regulating municipal utilities if JEA impacted

A Senator from Jacksonville is watching closely legislation in the Senate and House that locals worry could impact JEA

Bills filed by Sen. Jonathan Martin and Rep. Demi Busatta Cabrera (SB 1380, HB 1331) would subject municipal utilities that provide service to customers outside of city limits to regulation by the Public Service Commission (PSC), the state’s utility regulatory body.

Sen. Clay Yarborough, a Republican elected in 2022, says he’s not going to let the local utility be hurt by this legislation.

“I communicated concerns to the Senate sponsor of SB 1380. The House version of the bill, HB 1331, was recently amended and appears to alleviate the main concerns, but legal staff is still...

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