MINUTES OF THE

HOUSE PUBLIC UTILITIES & TECHNOLOGY STANDING COMMITTEE

Room 450, Utah State Capitol

February 11, 2016

Members Present:                Rep. Ken Ivory, Chair

                                                Rep. Stephen G. Handy, Vice Chair

                                                Rep. Patrice M. Arent

                                                Rep. Scott H. Chew

                                                Rep. Kay J. Christofferson

                                                Rep. Brad L. Dee

                                                Rep. Rebecca P. Edwards

                                                Rep. Keith Grover

Rep. Lynn N. Hemingway

                                                Rep. Keven J. Stratton

                                                Rep. Earl D. Tanner 

Staff Present:                        Mr. Adam J. Sweet, Policy Analyst

                                                Ms. Lisa Jones, Committee Secretary

Note: A list of visitors and a copy of handouts are filed with the committee minutes.

Chair Ivory called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.

MOTION:     Rep. Handy moved to approve the minutes of the February 8, 2016 meeting. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Dee, Rep. Grover, Rep. Hemingway, and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

H.B. 283         Public Utility Easement Amendments (Rep. Nelson)

Rep. Nelson explained the bill to the committee.

MOTION:     Rep. Tanner moved to replace H.B. 283 with 1st Sub. H.B. 283. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Dee, Rep. Grover, and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Tanner moved to amend the bill as follows:

1.    Page 2, Lines 45 through 46:   

45   (c) Subsections (3)(a) and (b) do not apply to a telephone corporation {  that has fewer

46than 30,000 subscriber access lines in the state  } .

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Dee, Rep. Grover, and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Tanner moved to pass the bill out favorably, as amended. The motion passed with Rep. Chew voting in opposition, and Rep. Grover absent for the vote.

H.B. 145         Municipal Energy Tax Rate Amendments (Rep. Handy)

Rep. Handy explained the bill to the committee with the assistance of Gary Dodge, Attorney with Hatch, James & Dodge, representing the Utah Association of Energy Users. A handout called "HB 145 Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax (MET) Amendment Sponsored By Stephen G. Handy" was distributed to the committee.

MOTION:     Rep. Handy moved to replace H.B. 145 with 2nd Sub. H.B. 145. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Grover absent for the vote.

Spoke for the bill:       Bret Wilson, Orbital ATK

Bryan Wheeler, Hexcel Corporation

Spoke against the bill:            Roger Tew, Utah League of Cities and Towns

MOTION:     Rep. Christofferson moved that 2nd Sub. H.B. 145 be returned to the Rules Committee with a recommendation that it be studied further during the interim.

The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Grover and Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

Chair Ivory recognized Bryce Bird, Director, Utah Division of Air Quality and Parker Douglas, Chief of Staff, Utah Attorney General's Office. They provided the committee an update on the Clean Power Plan. The handout "Clean Power Plan Overview, Timeline, and Stakeholder Process" was distributed to the committee.

H.B. 130         Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Amendments (Rep. Arent)

Rep. Arent explained the bill, assisted by Meghan Dutton, Regulatory and Policy Associate, Utah Clean Energy. The handout "HB 130 - Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Amendments: Expanding Utah's C-PACE program to encourage electric vehicle and energy storage technologies" was distributed to the committee.

MOTION:     Rep. Hemingway moved to pass the bill out favorably. The motion passed unanimously with Rep. Dee, Rep. Grover, Rep. Stratton absent for the vote.

MOTION:     Rep. Handy moved to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously.

Chair Ivory adjourned the meeting at 5:28 p.m.

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Ken Ivory, Chair