Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF0129

Relating to energy; changing renewable energy objectives to standards and
specifying renewable energy standards, requiring utilities to report on
standards compliance to the public utilities commission; requiring the PUC to
accept findings of fact as presented by governing bodies of generation and
transmission cooperative associations, municipal power agencies or power
districts; requiring the PUC to establish a program for tradable renewable
energy credits generated by a renewable energy technology by a certain date,
specifying program requirements, allowing electric utilities to utilize
renewable energy credits, requiring the PUC to facilitate renewable energy
credits trading between states, specifying a limitation and renewable technology
restrictions; authorizing the PUC to investigate electric supplier compliance;
modifying the definition of large energy facility; regulating large energy
facilities certificates of need, restricting certification for construction,
specifying need justification requirements for PUC evaluation, requiring PUC
annual report compilation; providing for property taxation of new high voltage
transmission lines, specifying a schedule; repealing renewable and high
efficiency energy rate options
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