That is the day by day information abstract for Tuesday, December 10. On this version:
- Hearings have begun for a proposed 18% price improve from Rocky Mountain Energy
- Choose Well being will now not cowl CVS Pharmacy visits subsequent yr
- Payments on little one license plates and cellphone security to take impact in January
Hearings Start for Rocky Mountain Energy Price Hike Proposal
Clients rejected a proposed price improve by Rocky Mountain Energy at hearings Monday.
The proposal was initially for a 30% improve in two steps, however was revised to about 18% after backlash from prospects and Utah leaders. Rocky Mountain Energy stated the rise was supposed to cowl increased prices and new investments.
The primary part of public hearings for the proposal started this week and can run by Dec. 19, with a second part deliberate for mid-January.
At Monday's listening to, prospects expressed frustration over the speed improve and considerations about affordability.
As soon as the approval course of is full, the Utah Public Utilities Fee will determine the ultimate price going ahead.
Choose Well being will now not cowl visits to CVS Pharmacy
Utah-based medical health insurance supplier Choose Well being will now not cowl visits to CVS Pharmacy after this yr.
Beginning January 1, 2025, CVS will now not be in-network with Choose Well being and Scripius.
In an announcement, the medical health insurance supplier stated that about three% of its customers fill prescriptions at CVS and that those that don’t use CVS pharmacies shouldn’t be affected.
Payments on little one license plates and cellphone security to take impact in January
Though a lot of the payments handed within the final legislative session have already gone into impact, some don't go into impact till the brand new yr, together with two that Utahns could need to learn about.
SB 45 modifications the necessities in order that Utah vehicles solely should show a rear license plate, not a entrance one.
The regulation may even mix car registration stickers into one, allocate one greenback for every license plate stored by the Utah Freeway Patrol, and require all new license plate designs to be accepted by a license plate design assessment board.
One other invoice set to enter impact on January 1 is SB 104, which requires any pill or smartphone manufactured after the brand new yr to have a filter for gadgets utilized by minors to stop them from accessing “obscene materials” by Web browsers and serps on the machine.
The filter can be robotically enabled if a person enters an age beneath 18 when organising the machine. Solely mother and father or grownup guardians could legally disable the filter.
Producers like Apple and Samsung can be accountable if their new gadgets don’t adjust to the brand new regulation, with the potential for sanctions or lawsuits in opposition to them.