Requires (by a certain date) a certain percentage of large-scale electricc utility's annual retail sales come from qualifying clean electricity if cost effective.
Defines "clean energy source" as:
(a) an electric generation facility or generation capability or upgrade that derives energy from one or more of the following:
(i) wind energy;
(ii) solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy;
(iii) wave, tidal, and ocean thermal energy;
(iv) geothermal energy;
(v) hydroelectric energy;
(vi) nuclear energy;
(vii) landfill gas or biogas produced from organic matter, wastewater, anaerobic digesters, or municipal solid waste;
(viii) waste gas and waste heat capture or recover, whether or not it is renewable, including methane gas from:
(A) an abandoned coal mine; or
(B) a coal degassing operation associated with a state-approved mine permit; or
(ix) municipal solid waste;
(b) hydrogen gas derived from any source of energy described in Subsection (5)(a);
(c) if an electric generation facility employs multiple energy sources, that portion of the electricity generated that is attributable to energy sources described in Subsection (5)(a) or (b); and
(d) electricity generated or purchased from qualifying carbon sequestration generation.
Sponsors
- Rep. Ward, Ray.
Position
SUPPORT
Status : FAILED
3/2 House Returned to Rules
1/20. House Public Utilities, Energy and Technology.
Scheduled Hearings
