Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF2084

Relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to community based energy
development projects, modifying the community based energy development tariff to
reflect renewable energy technologies, restricting wind energy single ownership,
modifying the definition of community based energy development (C-BED) project
and the tariff rate, updating C-BED project priorities, placing negotiation
conditions on utilities intending to own or contract with independent power
producers without C-BED projects; authorizing municipal power agencies and
cooperatives to offer members a certain community energy partnership
opportunity; authorizing public utilities to construct, own and operate
generation facilities to fulfill renewable energy objectives, requiring
renewable energy plan filings with the public utilities commission (PUC) and
requiring PUC approval; authorizing utilities to petition the PUC to approve
rate schedules providing for automatic adjustment of certain cost recovery
charges; requiring the PUC to establish a uniform policy to curtail payments for
wind and solar energy; providing for a C-BED green pricing option, requiring
utilities to offer customers a C-BED project using eligible energy technology,
requiring the commissioner of commerce to design or contract for a C-BED logo
and to ensure installation opportunities for dispersed generation, defining
dispersed generation; moving the position of reliability administrator from the
PUC to the department of commerce and transferring responsibilities to the
department; providing for wind energy conversion systems size determination for
purpose of jurisdictional siting authority; authorizing county boards to assume
certain large wind energy conversion system (LWECS) permit applications
processing; providing for wind easement termination under certain conditions;
requiring renewable energy utilities to participate in conducting a two phase
study of potential for dispersed generation projects, specifying study
requirements, requiring technical review committee appointment; requiring
biennial transmission reports to include dispersed generation projects
facilitation in the service area; requiring the reliability administrator to
conduct a study of need for and potential authority of a new state agency to
plan, finance, construct, own and maintain electric transmission lines within
and outside the state; requiring the reliability administrator to conduct a
study identifying administrative procedures ensuring efficient and coordinated
action for interconnecting dispersed generation projects to certain locations,
requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; repealing the sunset on
renewable and high efficiency energy rate options
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