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UTAH STATE SENATE

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 8, 2008

Mr. President:

    The Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 84, NET METERING PROGRAMS, by Senator K. VanTassell, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Line 79 :    

             79          (b) for each other electrical corporation, the

  public service       commission.


2.    Page 4, Lines 102 through 113 :    

             102          [(10)] (12) "Renewable facility" means a facility that uses energy derived from [the
             103      sun, wind, or water] one of the following to generate electricity[.]:
             104          
{   (a) solar power;

             105          (b) wind power;
             106          (c) a fuel cell;
             107          (d) hydroelectric power;
             108          (e) cogeneration;
             109          (f) landfill gas;
             110          (g) digester gas;
             111          (h) dedicated energy crops available on a renewable basis; or
             112          (i) non-toxic biomass derived from solid organic fuel from wood, forest, or field
             113      residue.  
}
  (a) solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy;

(b) wind energy;


(c) hydrogen;
(d) organic waste;
(e) hydroelectric energy;
(f) waste gas and waste heat capture or recovery;
(g) biomass and biomass byproducts, except for the combustion of wood that has been treated with chemical preservatives such as creosote, pentachlorophenol, or chromated copper arsenate;
(h) forest or rangeland woody debris from harvesting or thinning conducted to improve forest or rangeland ecological health and to reduce wildfire risk;
(i) agricultural residues;
(j) dedicated energy crops;
(k) landfill gas or biogas produced from organic matter, wastewater, anaerobic digesters, or municipal solid waste; or
(l) the combustion of wood that has been treated  



3.    Page 5, Lines 139 through 143 :    

             139          (3) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), the governing authority may
{   :

             140          (i)  
}
establish a higher amount of generating capacity from customer generation systems
             141      than .1% of the electrical corporation's peak demand during 2007 before a net metering
             142      program may be discontinued under Subsection (2)
{   ; or

             143          (ii) forbid the discontinuation of a net metering program under Subsection (2)(a)  
}
.

4.    Page 6, Line 173 :    

             173      is at least avoided cost, or
{   another, higher value   }        as       determined by the governing authority; and


5.    Page 6, Lines 177 through 180 :    

             177          [(iii)] (ii) all credits that the customer does not use during the
{   calendar

year   }        annualized billing period       expire at


             178      the end of the [calendar year] annualized billing period; and
             179          (b) as authorized by the governing authority, the electrical corporation may bill the
             180      customer for customer charges that otherwise would have accrued during
{   [   } that      {   ]   }      {   the annualized   }


        Respectfully,

        Carlene M. Walker
        Committee Chair

Voting: 3-0-3
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Bill Number
Action Class
Action Code

*SB0084*
*S*
*SCRAMD*

SB0084
S
SCRAMD