HB 777 (Brackett) and SB 1088 (Martin) remove statutory authorization for municipalities to impose any surcharge for serving customers outside their municipal boundaries. The bills specify that rates, fees, and charges for extraterritorial customers must be just and equitable and be based on the same factors used to fix rates, fees and charges for customers inside the municipality’s boundaries. The bills also require municipal utilities to conduct a rate study by January 1, 2027, and every seven years thereafter.  (O’Hara)