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First Substitute S.B. 227

Senator Curtis S. Bramble proposes the following substitute bill:


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INTERLOCAL ENERGY AMENDMENTS

             2     
2010 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

             5     
House Sponsor: Roger E. Barrus

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill addresses the provision of certain energy services by an interlocal entity.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    addresses the provision of retail electric service by an energy services interlocal
             13      entity;
             14          .    allows certain energy services interlocal entities to provide service outside their
             15      municipal members' boundaries under certain circumstances; and
             16          .    addresses the Public Service Commission's role in the provision of certain service
             17      by an energy services interlocal entity.
             18      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:
             24          11-13-204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2009, Chapter 350
             25     


             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 11-13-204 is amended to read:
             28           11-13-204. Powers and duties of interlocal entities -- Additional powers of energy
             29      services interlocal entities -- Length of term of agreement and interlocal entity -- Notice to
             30      lieutenant governor -- Recording requirements -- Public Service Commission.
             31          (1) (a) An interlocal entity:
             32          (i) may:
             33          (A) adopt, amend, and repeal rules, bylaws, policies, and procedures for the regulation
             34      of its affairs and the conduct of its business;
             35          (B) sue and be sued;
             36          (C) have an official seal and alter that seal at will;
             37          (D) make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient for the
             38      performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers and functions;
             39          (E) acquire real or personal property, or an undivided, fractional, or other interest in
             40      real or personal property, necessary or convenient for the purposes contemplated in the
             41      agreement creating the interlocal entity and sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of that property;
             42          (F) directly or by contract with another:
             43          (I) own and acquire facilities and improvements or an undivided, fractional, or other
             44      interest in facilities and improvements;
             45          (II) construct, operate, maintain, and repair facilities and improvements; and
             46          (III) provide the services contemplated in the agreement creating the interlocal entity;
             47          (G) borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue revenue bonds, notes, or other
             48      obligations and secure their payment by an assignment, pledge, or other conveyance of all or
             49      any part of the revenues and receipts from the facilities, improvements, or services that the
             50      interlocal entity provides;
             51          (H) offer, issue, and sell warrants, options, or other rights related to the bonds, notes, or
             52      other obligations issued by the interlocal entity; and
             53          (I) sell or contract for the sale of the services, output, product, or other benefits
             54      provided by the interlocal entity to:
             55          (I) public agencies inside or outside the state; and
             56          (II) with respect to any excess services, output, product, or benefits, any person on


             57      terms that the interlocal entity considers to be in the best interest of the public agencies that are
             58      parties to the agreement creating the interlocal entity; and
             59          (ii) may not levy, assess, or collect ad valorem property taxes.
             60          (b) An assignment, pledge, or other conveyance under Subsection (1)(a)(i)(G) may, to
             61      the extent provided by the documents under which the assignment, pledge, or other conveyance
             62      is made, rank prior in right to any other obligation except taxes or payments in lieu of taxes
             63      payable to the state or its political subdivisions.
             64          (2) An energy services interlocal entity:
             65          (a) except with respect to any ownership interest it has in facilities providing additional
             66      project capacity, is not subject to:
             67          (i) Part 3, Project Entity Provisions; or
             68          (ii) Title 59, Chapter 8, Gross Receipts Tax on Certain Corporations Not Required to
             69      Pay Corporate Franchise or Income Tax Act; and
             70          (b) may:
             71          (i) own, acquire, and, by itself or by contract with another, construct, operate, and
             72      maintain a facility or improvement for the generation, transmission, and transportation of
             73      electric energy or related fuel supplies;
             74          (ii) enter into a contract to obtain a supply of electric power and energy and ancillary
             75      services, transmission, and transportation services, and supplies of natural gas and fuels
             76      necessary for the operation of generation facilities;
             77          (iii) enter into a contract with public agencies, investor-owned or cooperative utilities,
             78      and others, whether located in or out of the state, for the sale of wholesale services provided by
             79      the energy services interlocal entity; and
             80          (iv) adopt and implement risk management policies and strategies and enter into
             81      transactions and agreements to manage the risks associated with the purchase and sale of
             82      energy, including forward purchase and sale contracts, hedging, tolling and swap agreements,
             83      and other instruments.
             84          (3) Notwithstanding Section 11-13-216 , an agreement creating an interlocal entity or
             85      an amendment to that agreement may provide that the agreement may continue and the
             86      interlocal entity may remain in existence until the latest to occur of:
             87          (a) 50 years after the date of the agreement or amendment;


             88          (b) five years after the interlocal entity has fully paid or otherwise discharged all of its
             89      indebtedness;
             90          (c) five years after the interlocal entity has abandoned, decommissioned, or conveyed
             91      or transferred all of its interest in its facilities and improvements; or
             92          (d) five years after the facilities and improvements of the interlocal entity are no longer
             93      useful in providing the service, output, product, or other benefit of the facilities and
             94      improvements, as determined under the agreement governing the sale of the service, output,
             95      product, or other benefit.
             96          (4) (a) The governing body of each party to the agreement to approve the creation of an
             97      interlocal entity, including an electric interlocal entity and an energy services interlocal entity,
             98      under Section 11-13-203 shall:
             99          (i) within 30 days after the date of the agreement, jointly file with the lieutenant
             100      governor:
             101          (A) a copy of a notice of an impending boundary action, as defined in Section
             102      67-1a-6.5 , that meets the requirements of Subsection 67-1a-6.5 (3); and
             103          (B) if less than all of the territory of any Utah public agency that is a party to the
             104      agreement is included within the interlocal entity, a copy of an approved final local entity plat,
             105      as defined in Section 67-1a-6.5 ; and
             106          (ii) upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of creation under Section
             107      67-1a-6.5 :
             108          (A) if the interlocal entity is located within the boundary of a single county, submit to
             109      the recorder of that county:
             110          (I) the original:
             111          (Aa) notice of an impending boundary action;
             112          (Bb) certificate of creation; and
             113          (Cc) approved final local entity plat, if an approved final local entity plat was required
             114      to be filed with the lieutenant governor under Subsection (4)(a)(i)(B); and
             115          (II) a certified copy of the agreement approving the creation of the interlocal entity; or
             116          (B) if the interlocal entity is located within the boundaries of more than a single
             117      county:
             118          (I) submit to the recorder of one of those counties:


             119          (Aa) the original of the documents listed in Subsections (4)(a)(ii)(A)(I)(Aa), (Bb), and
             120      (Cc); and
             121          (Bb) a certified copy of the agreement approving the creation of the interlocal entity;
             122      and
             123          (II) submit to the recorder of each other county:
             124          (Aa) a certified copy of the documents listed in Subsections (4)(a)(ii)(A)(I)(Aa), (Bb),
             125      and (Cc); and
             126          (Bb) a certified copy of the agreement approving the creation of the interlocal entity.
             127          (b) Upon the lieutenant governor's issuance of a certificate of creation under Section
             128      67-1a-6.5 , the interlocal entity is created.
             129          (c) Until the documents listed in Subsection (4)(a)(ii) are recorded in the office of the
             130      recorder of each county in which the property is located, a newly created interlocal entity may
             131      not charge or collect a fee for service provided to property within the interlocal entity.
             132          (5) Nothing in this section may be construed as expanding the rights of any
             133      municipality or interlocal entity to sell or provide retail service.
             134          (6) Except as provided in Subsection (7):
             135          (a) nothing in this section may be construed to expand or limit the rights of a
             136      municipality to sell or provide retail electric service; and
             137          (b) an energy services interlocal entity may not provide retail electric service to
             138      customers located outside the municipal boundaries of its members.
             139          (7) (a) An energy services interlocal entity created before July 1, 2003, that is
             140      comprised solely of Utah municipalities and that, for a minimum of 50 years before July 1,
             141      2010, provided retail electric service to customers outside the municipal boundaries of its
             142      members, may provide retail electric service outside the municipal boundaries of its members
             143      if:
             144          (i) the energy services interlocal entity:
             145          (A) enters into a written agreement with each public utility holding a certificate of
             146      public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Service Commission to provide service
             147      within an agreed upon geographic area for the energy services interlocal entity to be
             148      responsible to provide electric service in the agreed upon geographic area outside the municipal
             149      boundaries of the members of the energy services interlocal entity; and


             150          (B) obtains a franchise agreement, with the legislative body of the county or other
             151      governmental entity for the geographic area in which the energy services interlocal entity
             152      provides service outside the municipal boundaries of its members; and
             153          (ii) each public utility described in Subsection (7)(a)(i)(A) applies for and obtains from
             154      the Public Service Commission approval of the agreement specified in Subsection (7)(a)(i)(A).
             155          (b) (i) The Public Service Commission shall approve an agreement described in
             156      Subsection (7)(a)(ii) if it determines that the agreement is in the public interest in that it
             157      incorporates the customer protections described in Subsection (7)(c) and the franchise
             158      agreement described in Subsection (7)(a)(i)(B) provides a reasonable mechanism for resolving
             159      potential future complaints by customers of the energy services interlocal entity.
             160          (ii) In approving an agreement, the Public Service Commission shall also amend the
             161      certificate of public convenience and necessity of any public utility described in Subsection
             162      (7)(a)(i) to delete from the geographic area specified in the certificate or certificates of the
             163      public utility the geographic area that the energy services interlocal entity has agreed to serve.
             164          (c) In providing retail electric service to customers outside of the municipal boundaries
             165      of its members, but not within the municipal boundaries of another municipality that grants a
             166      franchise agreement in accordance with Subsection (7)(a)(i)(B), an energy services interlocal
             167      entity shall comply with the following:
             168          (i) the rates and conditions of service for customers outside the municipal boundaries
             169      of the members shall be at least as favorable as the rates and conditions of service for similarly
             170      situated customers within the municipal boundaries of the members;
             171          (ii) the energy services interlocal entity shall operate as a single entity providing
             172      service both inside and outside of the municipal boundaries of its members;
             173          (iii) a general rebate, refund, or other payment made to customers located within the
             174      municipal boundaries of the members shall also be provided to similarly situated customers
             175      located outside the municipal boundaries of the members;
             176          (iv) a schedule of rates and conditions of service, or any change to the rates and
             177      conditions of service, shall be approved by the governing body of the energy services interlocal
             178      entity;
             179          (v) before implementation of any rate increase, the governing body of the energy
             180      services interlocal entity shall first hold a public meeting to take public comment on the


             181      proposed increase, after providing at least 20 days and not more than 60 days' advance notice to
             182      its customers on the ordinary billing and on the Utah Public Notice Website, created by Section
             183      63F-1-701; and
             184          (vi) the energy services interlocal entity shall file with the Public Service Commission
             185      its current schedule of rates and conditions of service.
             186          (d) The Public Service Commission shall make the schedule of rates and conditions of
             187      service of the energy services interlocal entity available for public inspection.
             188          (e) Nothing in this section:
             189          (i) gives the Public Service Commission jurisdiction over the provision of retail
             190      electric service by an energy services interlocal entity within the municipal boundaries of its
             191      members; or
             192          (ii) makes an energy services interlocal entity a public utility under Title 54, Public
             193      Utilities.
             194          (f) Nothing in this section expands or diminishes the jurisdiction of the Public Service
             195      Commission over a municipality or an association of municipalities organized under Title 11,
             196      Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act, except as specifically authorized by this section's
             197      language.
             198          (g) (i) An energy services interlocal entity described in Subsection (7)(a) retains its
             199      authority to provide electric service to the extent authorized by Sections 11-13-202 and
             200      11-13-203 and Subsections 11-13-204 (1) through (5)
             201          (ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (7)(g)(i), if the Public Service Commission approves
             202      the agreement described in Subsection (7)(a)(i), the energy services interlocal entity may not
             203      provide retail electric service to customers located outside the municipal boundaries of its
             204      members, except for customers located within the geographic area described in the agreement.


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