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:
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Respectfully,
Carlene M. Walker
Voting: 3-0-3
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(b) for each other electrical corporation, the
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[(10)] (12) "Renewable facility" means a facility that uses energy derived from [the
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sun, wind, or water] one of the following to generate electricity[.]:
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(a) solar power;
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(b) wind power;
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(c) a fuel cell;
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(d) hydroelectric power;
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(e) cogeneration;
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(f) landfill gas;
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(g) digester gas;
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(h) dedicated energy crops available on a renewable basis; or
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(i) non-toxic biomass derived from solid organic fuel from wood, forest, or field
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(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
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(3) (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), the governing authority may
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establish a higher amount of generating capacity from customer generation
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than .1% of the electrical corporation's peak demand during 2007 before a net metering
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program may be discontinued under Subsection (2)
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(ii) forbid the discontinuation of a net metering program under Subsection
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[(iii)] (ii) all credits that the customer does not use during the
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the end of the [calendar year] annualized billing period; and
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(b) as authorized by the governing authority, the electrical corporation may bill the
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customer for customer charges that otherwise would have accrued during
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Committee Chair
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