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        February 19, 2014

Madam Speaker:

    The Public Utilities and Technology Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 19, ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY CHARGING SERVICE AMENDMENTS, by Representative P. Arent, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14 through 16 :    

             14          This bill:
             15          .    provides that the

{   definition   }        definitions       of        "electrical corporation" and       "public utility"      {   does   }        do       not include certain entities that

             16      sell electric vehicle battery charging services.

2.    Page 2, Line 54 through Page 3, Line 66 :    

             54          (7)
  (a)       "Electrical corporation" includes every corporation, cooperative association, and

             55      person, their lessees, trustees, and receivers, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any
             56      electric plant, or in any way furnishing electric power for public service or to its consumers or
             57      members for domestic, commercial, or industrial use, within this state, except independent
             58      energy producers, and except where electricity is generated on or distributed by the producer

             59      solely for the producer's own use, or the use of the producer's tenants, or for the use of
             60      members of an association of unit owners formed under Title 57, Chapter 8, Condominium
             61      Ownership Act, and not for sale to the public generally, and except where the electricity
             62      generated is consumed by an owner, lessor, or interest holder, or by an affiliate of an owner,
             63      lessor, or interest holder, who has provided at least $25,000,000 in value, including credit
             64      support, relating to the electric plant furnishing the electricity and whose consumption does not
             65      exceed its long-term entitlement in the plant under a long-term arrangement other than a power
             66      purchase agreement, except a power purchase agreement with an electrical corporation.
      (b) "Electrical corporation" does not include an entity that sells electric vehicle battery charging services, unless the entity conducts another activity in the state that subjects the entity to the jurisdiction and regulation of the commission as an electrical corporation.                

    Respectfully,

    Roger E. Barrus
    Committee Chair

Voting: 8-0-1
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