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2010 SESSION
HB 442 Electric utilities; authorizes retail customer to continue purchasing renewable energy.
Introduced by: David J. Toscano | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Electric utilities; renewable energy. Authorizes an electric utility customer to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement that was in effect on the date there is filed with the State Corporation Commission a tariff for the incumbent electric utility that serves the exclusive service territory in which the customer is located to offer electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of the power purchase agreement.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Electric utilities; renewable energy. Authorizes an electric utility customer to continue generating and selling renewable energy to any entity pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement that was in effect on the date the State Corporation Commission approved a tariff for the incumbent electric utility that serves the exclusive service territory in which the customer is located to offer electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy, provided that such power purchase agreement complied with applicable law at the time of its execution. The measure also states that the customers' generation and sale of renewable energy under such an agreement is exempt from restrictions on such activities that are a consequence of their occurring within a utility's exclusive service territory.