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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1834 Electric generating facility closures; public disclosure, integrated resource plans.
Introduced by: Suhas Subramanyam | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Electric utilities; closure of carbon-emitting generating units. Requires each owner of a large carbon-emitting power plant to provide notice to relevant localities and state agencies about the decision to close the plant within 30 days of making such decision The bill requires localities in which such facilities are located, and planning district commissions in such localities, to conduct public hearings regarding the impending closure within six months of receipt of such notice. The bill requires the Division of Energy to maintain a public website listing the facilities subject to the requirements of the bill and their anticipated closure dates. As part of an integrated resource plan, the bill requires each utility to submit a facility retirement study for its carbon-emitting facilities and disclose the study to relevant localities and state agencies. This bill is identical to SB 1247.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100737D pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103066D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200208D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1834ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/06/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100737D
- 01/06/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/25/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103066D-H1
- 01/27/21 House: Read first time
- 01/28/21 House: Read second time
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103066D-H1
- 01/28/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1834H1
- 01/29/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200208D-S1
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200208D-S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1834S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/21 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200208D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1834ER)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/11/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 41 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/11/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0041)