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2014 SESSION
SB 459 Electric utility regulation; recovery of nuclear costs, rate adjustment clauses.
Introduced by: Walter A. Stosch | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Electric utility regulation; recovery of nuclear costs. Requires an electric utility to establish a regulatory asset for regulatory accounting and ratemaking purposes under which it shall defer operation and maintenance costs incurred in connection with the refueling of any nuclear-powered generating plant and certain related work. These deferred O&M costs shall be amortized over the refueling cycle, but in no case for more than 18 months. The State Corporation Commission (SCC) is required to treat the deferred and amortized costs of such regulatory asset as part of the utility's costs for the purpose of certain proceedings. The measure also limits the portion of all costs incurred by an electric utility between July 1, 2007, and December 31, 2013, in developing a nuclear power facility that are recoverable through a rate adjustment clause to 30 percent of such amount. The remaining 70 percent of all such costs related to such a facility shall be recovered ratably through existing base rates as determined by the SCC in the test periods under review in the utility's next biennial review filed after July 1, 2014. All of the costs incurred after December 31, 2013, may be deferred for recovery through a rate adjustment clause as may be approved by the SCC. The measure also states that the planning and development activities for new nuclear generation facilities are in the public interest.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102198D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104492D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14105031D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB459ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/07/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102198D
- 01/07/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/27/14 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/14 Senate: Committee substitute printed 14104492D-S1
- 01/29/14 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/14 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/14 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/14 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 14104492D-S1
- 01/30/14 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB459S1
- 01/31/14 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/14 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/14 House: Read first time
- 02/07/14 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/18/14 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (18-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/14 House: Committee substitute printed 14105031D-H1
- 02/20/14 House: Read second time
- 02/21/14 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/14 House: Read third time
- 02/24/14 House: Committee substitute agreed to 14105031D-H1
- 02/24/14 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB459H1
- 02/24/14 House: Passed House with substitute (74-Y 21-N 3-A)
- 02/24/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (74-Y 21-N 3-A)
- 02/26/14 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 6-N 1-A)
- 02/26/14 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/14 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/26/14 Senate: Title replaced 14105031D-H1
- 02/28/14 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/14 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB459ER)
- 03/03/14 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/14 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/03/14 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 541 (effective 7/1/14)
- 04/03/14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)