Electric utilities; definitions, aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy facilities. (HB73)
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Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Electric utilities; definitions; public interest; aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy facilities; cost recovery. Amends certain provisions related to the Air Pollution Control Board's regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. The bill removes certain requirements for energy efficiency pilot programs to be considered in the public interest. The bill removes aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy generating facilities, including facilities utilizing energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, and offshore wind. The bill further removes requirements for the State Corporation Commission's methodology in determining the reasonableness and prudence of costs related to a request for cost recovery for an offshore wind facility by a Phase II Utility. The bill removes the requirement that the State Corporation Commission must wait until a certain report is received by the General Assembly prior to issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity for any investor-owned utility to own, operate, or construct any electric generating unit that emits carbon as a by-product of combusting fuel to generate electricity. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/04/2022 | Committee |
01/04/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101104D |
01/04/2022 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy |
01/24/2022 | Impact statement from SCC (HB73) |
02/01/2022 | Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 |
02/03/2022 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
02/03/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N) |
02/08/2022 | Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2022 | Read first time |
02/11/2022 | Read second time |
02/11/2022 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/11/2022 | Engrossed by House as amended HB73E |
02/11/2022 | Printed as engrossed 22101104D-E |
02/14/2022 | Read third time and passed House (53-Y 47-N) |
02/14/2022 | VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/16/2022 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/18/2022 | Assigned C&L sub: Energy |
02/21/2022 | Impact statement from SCC (HB73E) |
02/28/2022 | Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |