Commission's annual report; inclusion of information concerning low income customer assistance programs; electricity supplier's duty to provide information; protection of confidential information

Sec. 11. (a) Beginning in 2027, the commission shall include in the annual report that the commission is required to submit under IC 8-1-1-14 before October 1 of each year the following information for each electricity supplier with respect to the most recently concluded state fiscal year: (1) The number of low income customers enrolled in the electricity supplier's low income customer assistance program at the beginning and end of the state fiscal year. (2) The total amount of assistance provided to low income customers under the electricity supplier's program. (3) The median amount of assistance provided to each customer under the electricity supplier's program. (4) Subject to subsection (c), an identification of the sources and amounts of any money, services, or property contributed to the electricity supplier's program by or through: (A) governmental agencies or programs; or (B) other third parties, including voluntary charitable contributions from nonprofit organizations or from employees, customers, or shareholders of the electricity supplier. (5) An identification of the amounts of any: (A) per customer funding limits; (B) enrollment limits; or (C) other limits, caps, or restrictions; established by the electricity supplier under section 5(b) of this chapter, along with information as to whether and when any such limits, caps, or restrictions were reached or applied during the state fiscal year. (b) Subject to subsection (c), an electricity supplier shall provide the commission, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the commission, any information required under subsection (a) to be included in the commission's annual report. (c) Upon request by an electricity supplier, the commission shall determine whether any information and related materials described in subsection (a): (1) are confidential under IC 5-14-3-4; (2) are exempt from public access and disclosure by Indiana law; and (3) must be treated as confidential and protected from public access and disclosure by the commission. In addition, an electricity supplier is not required to name individual third party donors under subsection (a)(4) and may instead report the types of third party organizations and individuals that contributed to the electricity supplier's program and the amounts contributed by each type.