Utilities on the ballot

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Utilities on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding creation, regulation, and sale of public utilities. Subtopics include: water.

Examples:

Ballot measures lists

By state

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

Alabama

  1. Alabama Utilities in Tuskegee, Amendment 6 (2008)
  2. Alabama Franklin County Public Utilities Amendment, SB 467 (2014)
  3. Alabama Public Utility Limitations, Amendment 5 (1949)
  4. Alabama County Public Services, Amendment 19 (1965)
  5. Alabama Amendment 8, Public Service Commission to Regulate Private Sewer Systems in Shelby County Amendment (2022)
  6. Alabama Amendment 9, Public Service Commission to Regulate Private Sewer System in Lake View Amendment (2022)

Alaska

  1. Alaska Sewage System Bond, Proposition 8 (1972)
  2. Alaska Water Systems Bond, Proposition 16 (1976)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Measure Nos. 322-323, Electric Poles Initiative (1914)

California

  1. California Proposition 10, Utility Taxation Initiative (1922)
  2. California Proposition 28, Public Utilities Rate Amendment (1914)
  3. California Proposition 31, Public Utilities Property Valuation Amendment (1914)
  4. California Proposition 33, Municipal Utilities Amendment (1914)
  5. California Proposition 2, Remove Power of Public Utilities Commission to Designate Commissioners for Investigations Amendment (1978)
  6. California Proposition 9, Prohibition of Utility Taxes, Bond Payments, or Surcharges for Nuclear Power Assets Initiative (1998)
  7. California Proposition 3, Constitutional Provisions Amendment (June 1970)
  8. California Proposition 12, Public Utilities Commission Amendment (1974)
  9. California Proposition 11, Public Utility Regulation Initiative (1922)
  10. California Proposition 13, Revenue Bonds for Public Utilities Referendum (1938)
  11. California Proposition 14, Quasi-Public Corporations Term of Existence Extension Amendment (1928)
  12. California Proposition 14, Utility Regulations Amendment (October 1911)
  13. California Proposition 15, Public Utilities Taxation Amendment (1922)
  14. California Proposition 17, Public Utilities Commission Amendment (1946)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Amendment No. 1, State Regulation of Public Utilities Amendment (1954)
  2. Colorado Public Utilities Court, Measure 13 (1912)
  3. Colorado Amendment No. 9, Department of Public Counselor Initiative (1976)
  4. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Issue 1 (1954)
  5. Colorado Amendment 37, Renewable Energy Sources for Utilities Initiative (2004)
  6. Colorado Referred Law No. 10, Public Utility Consumer Counsel and Utility Regulation Initiative (1972)
  7. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Measure 2 (1922)
  8. Colorado Capitalization of Public Utilities, Measure 9 (1914)
  9. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Measure 7 (1926)
  10. Colorado Regulation of Public Utilities, Measure 2 (1952)
  11. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Measure 13 (1914)

Florida

  1. Florida Electric Utilities, Amendment 6 (1974)

Georgia

  1. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Electric Corporations, Amendment 54 (June 1941)
  2. Georgia Cobb County Sewage Districts, Amendment 15 (1952)
  3. Georgia Revenue Certificate Elections, Amendment 7 (1974)
  4. Georgia Revenue Certificate Elections, Amendment 14 (1976)
  5. Georgia Municipal Garbage Disposal, Amendment 26 (1978)
  6. Georgia Public Service Commission, Amendment 2 (1943)
  7. Georgia Bibb County Public Service Districts, Amendment 20 (1943)

Illinois

  1. Illinois Public Ownership Question (1919)

Iowa

  1. Iowa Construction of Drains and Levees, Amendment 1 (1908)

Maine

  1. Maine Mandatory Local Measured Phone Service Ban, Initiative Question 1 (1986)
  2. Maine Nuclear Fission for Electricity Prohibition, Nuclear Power Question (1982)
  3. Maine Energy Commission Question (1981)
  4. Maine Public Utilities Commission, REFERENDUM (1914)
  5. Maine Native American Reservation School, Water and Sewage Facilities, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968)
  6. Maine Native American Reservation Water and Sewage Facilities, Referendum Question No. 5 (1969)
  7. Maine Power Authority Creation, Direct Initiative Question (1973)
  8. Maine Water Quality Improvement Facilities and Oil Contaminated Ground Water Restoration, Bond Issue 2 (1985)
  9. Maine Sewer Treatment Facilities, Bond Issue 3 (1986)
  10. Maine Sewage Treatment Facilities Construction, Question 3 (1987)
  11. Maine Sewerage Facilities Construction, Question 4 (1988)
  12. Maine Sewerage Facilities Construction, Question 6 (1989)
  13. Maine Water Pollution Control Facilities, Question No. 7 (1990)
  14. Maine Telecommunications Infrastructure and Classroom Technology Equipment, Question 3 (1995)

Massachusetts

  1. Massachusetts Electrical Utilities Deregulation Referendum, Question 4 (1998)
  2. Massachusetts Power Authority Question (1976)
  3. Massachusetts Uniform Electric Rates, Question 7 (1976)

Michigan

  1. Michigan Proposal H, Utility Rate Increase and Legislators' Employment by Utility Companies Referendum (1982)
  2. Michigan Proposal D, Utility Rate Increases Initiative (1982)

Missouri

  1. Missouri Consumers' Utility Organization, Proposition D (1982)
  2. Missouri Electric Utility Rate, Proposition 1 (1976)
  3. Missouri Abandoned Electrical Plants, Proposition B (1984)
  4. Missouri Sewage Treatment Plant Bonds and Water Plant Deregulation, Amendment 6 (1996)
  5. Missouri Increase Kansas City Debt Limit for Public Utilities, Issue 2 (1914)
  6. Missouri Increase of Debt Limits for Utilities Amendment, Issue 3 (1920)
  7. Missouri Debt Limit Increase for Utilities Amendment, Issue 7 (1920)
  8. Missouri Tax Increase to Support Public Utilities Amendment, Issue 6 (1912)
  9. Missouri Increase of Debt Limit for Sewer Construction Amendment, Issue 2 (1912)
  10. Missouri Issuance of Bonds for Constructing Sewers, Issue 19 (February 1924)
  11. Missouri Payment of Public Utilities Bonds, Issue 3 (1930)

Montana

  1. Montana Electrical Deregulation Changes, IR-117 (2002)
  2. Montana Hydroelectric Security Act, I-145 (2002)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska Public Power Districts, Amendment 8 (1958)
  2. Nebraska Reporting of Public Utility Corporations, Amendment 30 (September 1920)
  3. Nebraska Consolidation of Public Utility Corporations, Amendment 31 (September 1920)
  4. Nebraska Public Utility Corporation Stocks, Amendment 32 (September 1920)
  5. Nebraska Electric Line Extension, Initiative 1 (1930)
  6. Nebraska Electric Line Extension, Initiative 2 (1930)
  7. Nebraska Sale of Municipal Electric Plants, Initiative 3 (1930)
  8. Nebraska Public Electrical Corporations, Amendment 10 (1968)

Nevada

  1. Nevada Office of Advocate for Customers of Public Utilities, Question 11 (1982)
  2. Nevada Office of Consumer Advocate, Question 12 (1982)

New Mexico

  1. New Mexico Referendum: Telephone Rates (1982)

New York

  1. New York Debt Limits for Sewage Facilities, Proposal 2 (1993)
  2. New York Limits on Indebtedness by Municipalities Relating to Sewage Facilities, Proposal 2 (1983)
  3. New York Indebtedness for Sewage Facilities, Amendment 2 (1971)
  4. New York State Debt for Sewage Treatment Facilities, Proposition 1 (1965)

North Carolina

  1. North Carolina Municipal Electric Facilities, Amendment 4 (1977)
  2. North Carolina Natural Gas Bonds, Referendum 2 (1998)

Ohio

  1. Ohio Representation of the Utility Consumer Initiative (1976)
  2. Ohio Election of Members of the Public Utilities Commission Initiative (1982)
  3. Ohio Non-Profit Electric Utilities Amendment (June 1980)
  4. Ohio Bonds to Finance Infrastructure Improvements Amendment (1987)
  5. Ohio Utility Rate Limitations Initiative (1976)

Oklahoma

  1. Oklahoma Rural Utility Districts, State Question 205 (1938)
  2. Oklahoma Municipal Revenue Bonds, State Question 552 (1980)
  3. Oklahoma Municipal Indebtedness for Public Utilities, State Question 574 (1984)
  4. Oklahoma Financing Municipal Public Utilities, State Question 626 (August 1990)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Measure Nos. 324-325, Authorize Creation of Water and Power Utility Districts Initiative (1930)
  2. Oregon Measure 4, Formation of People's Utility Districts Initiative (1978)
  3. Oregon Measure 9, Limitations on Public Utility Rate Base Initiative (1978)
  4. Oregon Measure 3, Creation of Citizen's Utility Board Initiative (1984)
  5. Oregon Measure 4, Replace Public Utility Commissioner with Commission Amendment (1986)
  6. Oregon Measure 8, Prohibits Payment for Local Telephone Exchanges Initiative (1986)
  7. Oregon Measure 90, Returns on Investments for Utilities Referendum (2000)

Rhode Island

  1. Rhode Island Question 7, Emergency Water Interconnect Bonds (2004)

South Carolina

  1. South Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Amendment 2 (1978)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Lonetree Waste Facility, Referendum 1 (1992)
  2. South Dakota Utility Rate Reform, Initiative 1 (1978)
  3. South Dakota Waste Facility, Initiative 1 (1990)
  4. South Dakota Municipal Debt Limits for Water, Street Railways and Lighting (1902)
  5. South Dakota Debt Limit for Water and Sewage (1910)
  6. South Dakota Municipal Debt for Street Railways and Lighting (1920)

Texas

  1. Texas Proposition 10, Sanitation Sewer Laterals Amendment (1983)
  2. Texas Proposition 7, Creation of State Energy Fund Amendment (2023)
  3. Texas Proposition 8, Creation of Broadband Infrastructure Fund Amendment (2023)

Washington

  1. Washington Initiative 166, Voter Approval on Public Utility Districts Acquisition Measure (1946)
  2. Washington Referendum 25, Operations of Public Utility Districts Measure (1944)
  3. Washington Initiative 1, Authorize Public Utility Districts Measure (1930)
  4. Washington HJR 4223, Extension of Energy Conservation Amendment (1988)
  5. Washington Referendum 38, Water Supply Facilities Bond Measure (1980)
  6. Washington Referendum 26, Waste Disposal Facilities Bond Measure (1972)
  7. Washington Referendum 27, Water Supply Facilities Bond Measure (1972)
  8. Washington Initiative 139, Voter Approval of Public Utility District Bonds Measure (1940)
  9. Washington Referendum 7, Public Necessity and Convenience Certificate for Utilities Measure (1916)

Wisconsin

  1. Wisconsin Public Officer Privilege Use Amendment, Question 4 (April 1956)
  2. Wisconsin Public Utility Financing Amendment, Question 4 (1932)
  3. Wisconsin Municipal Public Utility Debt Amendment, Question 3 (1924)
  4. Wisconsin Local Government Debt Limit Public Utility Exemption Amendment, Question 3 (April 1966)

By year

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

2023

  1. Texas Proposition 7, Creation of State Energy Fund Amendment (2023)
  2. Texas Proposition 8, Creation of Broadband Infrastructure Fund Amendment (2023)

2022

  1. Alabama Amendment 8, Public Service Commission to Regulate Private Sewer Systems in Shelby County Amendment (2022)
  2. Alabama Amendment 9, Public Service Commission to Regulate Private Sewer System in Lake View Amendment (2022)

2014

  1. Alabama Franklin County Public Utilities Amendment, SB 467 (2014)

2008

  1. Alabama Utilities in Tuskegee, Amendment 6 (2008)

2004

  1. Rhode Island Question 7, Emergency Water Interconnect Bonds (2004)
  2. Colorado Amendment 37, Renewable Energy Sources for Utilities Initiative (2004)

2002

  1. Montana Electrical Deregulation Changes, IR-117 (2002)
  2. Montana Hydroelectric Security Act, I-145 (2002)

2000

  1. Oregon Measure 90, Returns on Investments for Utilities Referendum (2000)

1998

  1. Massachusetts Electrical Utilities Deregulation Referendum, Question 4 (1998)
  2. North Carolina Natural Gas Bonds, Referendum 2 (1998)
  3. California Proposition 9, Prohibition of Utility Taxes, Bond Payments, or Surcharges for Nuclear Power Assets Initiative (1998)

1996

  1. Missouri Sewage Treatment Plant Bonds and Water Plant Deregulation, Amendment 6 (1996)

1995

  1. Maine Telecommunications Infrastructure and Classroom Technology Equipment, Question 3 (1995)

1993

  1. New York Debt Limits for Sewage Facilities, Proposal 2 (1993)

1992

  1. South Dakota Lonetree Waste Facility, Referendum 1 (1992)

1990

  1. South Dakota Waste Facility, Initiative 1 (1990)
  2. Maine Water Pollution Control Facilities, Question No. 7 (1990)
  3. Oklahoma Financing Municipal Public Utilities, State Question 626 (August 1990)

1989

  1. Maine Sewerage Facilities Construction, Question 6 (1989)

1988

  1. Washington HJR 4223, Extension of Energy Conservation Amendment (1988)
  2. Maine Sewerage Facilities Construction, Question 4 (1988)

1987

  1. Maine Sewage Treatment Facilities Construction, Question 3 (1987)
  2. Ohio Bonds to Finance Infrastructure Improvements Amendment (1987)

1986

  1. Maine Mandatory Local Measured Phone Service Ban, Initiative Question 1 (1986)
  2. Oregon Measure 4, Replace Public Utility Commissioner with Commission Amendment (1986)
  3. Oregon Measure 8, Prohibits Payment for Local Telephone Exchanges Initiative (1986)
  4. Maine Sewer Treatment Facilities, Bond Issue 3 (1986)

1985

  1. Maine Water Quality Improvement Facilities and Oil Contaminated Ground Water Restoration, Bond Issue 2 (1985)

1984

  1. Oregon Measure 3, Creation of Citizen's Utility Board Initiative (1984)
  2. Missouri Abandoned Electrical Plants, Proposition B (1984)
  3. Oklahoma Municipal Indebtedness for Public Utilities, State Question 574 (1984)

1983

  1. Texas Proposition 10, Sanitation Sewer Laterals Amendment (1983)
  2. New York Limits on Indebtedness by Municipalities Relating to Sewage Facilities, Proposal 2 (1983)

1982

  1. Maine Nuclear Fission for Electricity Prohibition, Nuclear Power Question (1982)
  2. Ohio Election of Members of the Public Utilities Commission Initiative (1982)
  3. Missouri Consumers' Utility Organization, Proposition D (1982)
  4. New Mexico Referendum: Telephone Rates (1982)
  5. Nevada Office of Advocate for Customers of Public Utilities, Question 11 (1982)
  6. Nevada Office of Consumer Advocate, Question 12 (1982)
  7. Michigan Proposal H, Utility Rate Increase and Legislators' Employment by Utility Companies Referendum (1982)
  8. Michigan Proposal D, Utility Rate Increases Initiative (1982)

1981

  1. Maine Energy Commission Question (1981)

1980

  1. Washington Referendum 38, Water Supply Facilities Bond Measure (1980)
  2. Oklahoma Municipal Revenue Bonds, State Question 552 (1980)
  3. Ohio Non-Profit Electric Utilities Amendment (June 1980)

1978

  1. South Dakota Utility Rate Reform, Initiative 1 (1978)
  2. California Proposition 2, Remove Power of Public Utilities Commission to Designate Commissioners for Investigations Amendment (1978)
  3. Oregon Measure 4, Formation of People's Utility Districts Initiative (1978)
  4. Oregon Measure 9, Limitations on Public Utility Rate Base Initiative (1978)
  5. South Carolina Electric Cooperatives, Amendment 2 (1978)
  6. Georgia Municipal Garbage Disposal, Amendment 26 (1978)

1977

  1. North Carolina Municipal Electric Facilities, Amendment 4 (1977)

1976

  1. Ohio Utility Rate Limitations Initiative (1976)
  2. Ohio Representation of the Utility Consumer Initiative (1976)
  3. Massachusetts Uniform Electric Rates, Question 7 (1976)
  4. Massachusetts Power Authority Question (1976)
  5. Colorado Amendment No. 9, Department of Public Counselor Initiative (1976)
  6. Missouri Electric Utility Rate, Proposition 1 (1976)
  7. Alaska Water Systems Bond, Proposition 16 (1976)
  8. Georgia Revenue Certificate Elections, Amendment 14 (1976)

1974

  1. Florida Electric Utilities, Amendment 6 (1974)
  2. Georgia Revenue Certificate Elections, Amendment 7 (1974)
  3. California Proposition 12, Public Utilities Commission Amendment (1974)

1973

  1. Maine Power Authority Creation, Direct Initiative Question (1973)

1972

  1. Colorado Referred Law No. 10, Public Utility Consumer Counsel and Utility Regulation Initiative (1972)
  2. Washington Referendum 26, Waste Disposal Facilities Bond Measure (1972)
  3. Washington Referendum 27, Water Supply Facilities Bond Measure (1972)
  4. Alaska Sewage System Bond, Proposition 8 (1972)

1971

  1. New York Indebtedness for Sewage Facilities, Amendment 2 (1971)

1970

  1. California Proposition 3, Constitutional Provisions Amendment (June 1970)

1969

  1. Maine Native American Reservation Water and Sewage Facilities, Referendum Question No. 5 (1969)

1968

  1. Maine Native American Reservation School, Water and Sewage Facilities, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968)
  2. Nebraska Public Electrical Corporations, Amendment 10 (1968)

1966

  1. Wisconsin Local Government Debt Limit Public Utility Exemption Amendment, Question 3 (April 1966)

1965

  1. New York State Debt for Sewage Treatment Facilities, Proposition 1 (1965)
  2. Alabama County Public Services, Amendment 19 (1965)

1958

  1. Nebraska Public Power Districts, Amendment 8 (1958)

1956

  1. Wisconsin Public Officer Privilege Use Amendment, Question 4 (April 1956)

1954

  1. Colorado Amendment No. 1, State Regulation of Public Utilities Amendment (1954)

1952

  1. Colorado Regulation of Public Utilities, Measure 2 (1952)
  2. Georgia Cobb County Sewage Districts, Amendment 15 (1952)

1949

  1. Alabama Public Utility Limitations, Amendment 5 (1949)

1946

  1. Washington Initiative 166, Voter Approval on Public Utility Districts Acquisition Measure (1946)
  2. California Proposition 17, Public Utilities Commission Amendment (1946)

1944

  1. Washington Referendum 25, Operations of Public Utility Districts Measure (1944)

1943

  1. Georgia Public Service Commission, Amendment 2 (1943)
  2. Georgia Bibb County Public Service Districts, Amendment 20 (1943)

1941

  1. Georgia Tax Exemptions for Electric Corporations, Amendment 54 (June 1941)

1940

  1. Washington Initiative 139, Voter Approval of Public Utility District Bonds Measure (1940)

1938

  1. Oklahoma Rural Utility Districts, State Question 205 (1938)
  2. California Proposition 13, Revenue Bonds for Public Utilities Referendum (1938)

1932

  1. Wisconsin Public Utility Financing Amendment, Question 4 (1932)

1930

  1. Washington Initiative 1, Authorize Public Utility Districts Measure (1930)
  2. Oregon Measure Nos. 324-325, Authorize Creation of Water and Power Utility Districts Initiative (1930)
  3. Missouri Payment of Public Utilities Bonds, Issue 3 (1930)
  4. Nebraska Electric Line Extension, Initiative 1 (1930)
  5. Nebraska Electric Line Extension, Initiative 2 (1930)
  6. Nebraska Sale of Municipal Electric Plants, Initiative 3 (1930)

1928

  1. California Proposition 14, Quasi-Public Corporations Term of Existence Extension Amendment (1928)

1926

  1. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Measure 7 (1926)

1924

  1. Missouri Issuance of Bonds for Constructing Sewers, Issue 19 (February 1924)

1922

  1. California Proposition 10, Utility Taxation Initiative (1922)
  2. Wisconsin Municipal Public Utility Debt Amendment, Question 3 (1924)
  3. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Measure 2 (1922)
  4. California Proposition 11, Public Utility Regulation Initiative (1922)
  5. California Proposition 15, Public Utilities Taxation Amendment (1922)

1920

  1. Missouri Increase of Debt Limits for Utilities Amendment, Issue 3 (1920)
  2. Missouri Debt Limit Increase for Utilities Amendment, Issue 7 (1920)
  3. South Dakota Municipal Debt for Street Railways and Lighting (1920)
  4. Nebraska Reporting of Public Utility Corporations, Amendment 30 (September 1920)
  5. Nebraska Consolidation of Public Utility Corporations, Amendment 31 (September 1920)
  6. Nebraska Public Utility Corporation Stocks, Amendment 32 (September 1920)

1919

  1. Illinois Public Ownership Question (1919)

1918

  1. Missouri Mid-size City Road Tax Amendment, Issue 5 (1918)

1916

  1. Washington Referendum 7, Public Necessity and Convenience Certificate for Utilities Measure (1916)

1914

  1. California Proposition 28, Public Utilities Rate Amendment (1914)
  2. California Proposition 31, Public Utilities Property Valuation Amendment (1914)
  3. California Proposition 33, Municipal Utilities Amendment (1914)
  4. Maine Public Utilities Commission, REFERENDUM (1914)
  5. Colorado Capitalization of Public Utilities, Measure 9 (1914)
  6. Missouri Increase Kansas City Debt Limit for Public Utilities, Issue 2 (1914)
  7. Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Measure 13 (1914)
  8. Arizona Measure Nos. 322-323, Electric Poles Initiative (1914)

1912

  1. Colorado Public Utilities Court, Measure 13 (1912)
  2. Missouri Tax Increase to Support Public Utilities Amendment, Issue 6 (1912)
  3. Missouri Increase of Debt Limit for Sewer Construction Amendment, Issue 2 (1912)

1911

  1. California Proposition 14, Utility Regulations Amendment (October 1911)

1910

  1. South Dakota Debt Limit for Water and Sewage (1910)

1908

  1. Iowa Construction of Drains and Levees, Amendment 1 (1908)

1902

  1. South Dakota Municipal Debt Limits for Water, Street Railways and Lighting (1902)

Did not make ballot

Did not make ballot

  1. Colorado Private Property Energy Requirements Initiative (2010)
  2. Colorado Renewable Energy Exemption Initiative (2010)
  3. Colorado Renewable Energy in Retail Sales Initiative (2010)
  4. California Statewide Public Electrical Utility District Initiative (2014)
  5. California Creation of a Statewide Electrical Utility District (2014)
  6. California Electric Utility District Initiative (2016)
  7. Missouri "Electricity Freedom of Purchase" Initiative (2016)
  8. Washington Municipal Telecommunications Initiative (2017)
  9. Oregon City Utility Fees Initiative (2018)
  10. Oregon Net Neutrality Initiative (2018)
  11. Colorado Prohibit Laws Limiting Use and Installation of Natural Gas Initiative (2020)
  12. Texas Creation of State Utilities Reliability Funds Amendment (2021)
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