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2023 SESSION
SB 984 Electric utilities; net metering.
Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Electric utilities; net metering. Provides that a contract that provides for the ownership, maintenance, or operation of an electrical generating facility by a third party through a lease agreement with fixed monthly payments does not constitute the sale of electricity and does not cause an eligible customer-generator or the third party that owns, maintains, or operates the electrical generating facility through such a lease agreement to be considered an electric utility. The bill prohibits an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator from being required to provide proof of liability insurance or to purchase additional liability insurance as a condition of interconnection. The bill exempts eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators that operate a battery storage device in conjunction with an electrical generating facility from standby charges. The bill provides that net metering provisions do not limit the ability of an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator to participate in a distributed energy resource aggregation or other retail program involving demand response, energy efficiency, or peak reduction from dispatch of onsite battery service, provided that the compensation received is in exchange for a distinct service that is not already compensated by net metering credits for electricity exported to the electric distribution system.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101495D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23107062D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/06/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101495D
- 01/06/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/16/23 Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Energy
- 01/23/23 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 1-N)
- 01/25/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/23 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/13/23 House: Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/14/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23107062D-H1
- 02/20/23 House: Read second time
- 02/21/23 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/23 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 02/22/23 House: Rereferred to Commerce and Energy
- 02/22/23 House: Left in Commerce and Energy