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2024 SESSION

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SB 276 Phase I and Phase II Utilities; SCC to study feasibility of an energy upgrade program.

Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Energy upgrade programs; Phase I and Phase II Utilities; State Corporation Commission to study feasibility; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to study the feasibility of the implementation of an energy upgrade program for eligible customers opting to participate by each Phase I and Phase II Utility, which program would permit such utility to (i) install one or more energy projects, as defined in the bill, at a participant's location and (ii) collect a special rate, as defined in the bill, to repay the costs of such installation. The bill requires the Commission to report the findings and recommendations of the work group to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation by January 1, 2025.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104918D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106373D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB276ER)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104918D
• 01/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/29/24  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 01/29/24  Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106373D-S1
• 01/31/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/24  Senate: Read second time
• 02/01/24  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/01/24  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106373D-S1
• 02/01/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB276S1
• 02/02/24  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/05/24  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
• 02/13/24  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/24  House: Read first time
• 02/13/24  House: Referred to Committee on Rules
• 02/22/24  House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
• 02/23/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/23/24  House: Reported from Rules (13-Y 4-N)
• 02/23/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/28/24  House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
• 03/01/24  House: Read second time
• 03/04/24  House: Read third time
• 03/04/24  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 03/04/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 03/04/24  House: Passed House with amendments (52-Y 46-N)
• 03/04/24  House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
• 03/05/24  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
• 03/08/24  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/08/24  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB276ER)
• 03/08/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  Senate: Passed by for the day