FIFTIETH LEGISLATURESB 549/a
FIRST SESSION, 2011
March 3, 2011
Mr. President:
Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
SENATE BILL 549
has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
1. On page 4, lines 22 through 25, remove the brackets and line-through.
2. On page 5, line 1, remove the brackets and line-through and after "2006", insert a comma.
3. On page 5, line 2, remove the brackets and the lines through "these" and "shall" and strike "to".
4. On page 5, lines 4 through 9, remove the brackets and line- through.
5. On page 5, between lines 20 and 21, insert:
"(3) any customer that is a political subdivision of the state, with consumption exceeding twenty million kilowatt-hours per year at any single location or facility, and that owns renewable energy generation is exempt from all charges by the utility for renewable energy procurements in a year, regardless of the number of customer locations or meters on the system, if that customer certifies to the state auditor and notifies the commission and its serving electric utility that it will expend two and one-half percent of that year's annual electricity charges to continue to develop within twenty-four months customer-owned renewable energy generation. That customer shall also certify that it will retire all renewable energy certificates associated with the energy produced from that expenditure;".
6. Renumber the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.,
and thence referred to the CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
Respectfully submitted,
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Bernadette M. Sanchez, Chairman
Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
Date ________________________
The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against
Yes: 6
No: 0
Excused: Harden, Ryan
Absent: None
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