Amendments for HB25-1177
House Journal, March 21
1 HB25-1177 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
2 the Committee of the Whole with favorable
3 recommendation:
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5 Amend page 2, strike line 5 and substitute "(6)(c)(IV), (6)(c)(V), and
6 (6)(c)(VI) as follows:".
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8 Page 2, line 7, after "(I)" insert "(A)".
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10 Page 2, strike lines 9 and 10 and substitute "THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
11 must be lower than the rate or".
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13 Page 3, line 4, after the period add "AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RATE
14 MUST NOT DIRECTLY INCREASE COSTS OF ELECTRIC SERVICE FOR OTHER
15 CUSTOMERS.".
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17 Page 3, after line 4 insert:
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19 "(B) AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RATE APPROVED PURSUANT TO
20 THIS SECTION DOES NOT RELIEVE AN INVESTOR-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITY
21 OF ITS ABILITY TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
22 REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS.".
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24 Page 5, after line 17 insert:
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26 "(V) FOLLOWING A NOTICE PERIOD OF FOURTEEN BUSINESS DAYS
27 AFTER AN INVESTOR-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITY FILES AN APPLICATION FOR
28 APPROVAL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RATES, AND THE ADDITION OR
29 EXPANSION OF EXISTING LOAD AT A SINGLE LOCATION THAT IS MORE THAN
30 ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MEGAWATTS, THE COMMISSION SHALL APPROVE OR
31 DENY THE APPLICATION WITHIN TWO HUNDRED TEN DAYS AFTER THE
32 EXPIRATION OF THE NOTICE PERIOD.".
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34 Renumber succeeding subparagraph accordingly.
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36 Page 5, line 25, strike "(6)(c)(V)" and substitute "(6)(c)(VI)".
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38 Page 7, strike lines 20 through 25 and substitute:
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40 "(c) "SOCIETAL ECONOMIC BENEFIT TEST" MEANS A TEST THAT
41 TAKES INTO ACCOUNT:
42 (I) THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS RECEIVED BY ALL CUSTOMER CLASSES
43 SERVED BY THE UTILITY; AND
44 (II) THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS, INCLUDING:
45 (A) THE TOTAL NET LOCAL AND STATE TAXES TO BE PAID BY THE
46 QUALIFYING COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER;
47 (B) THE AMOUNT OF FULL-TIME JOBS CREATED; AND
48 (C) OTHER ECONOMIC GROWTH, BENEFITS, OR BOTH BROUGHT TO
49 THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY THAT RESULT FROM SERVING A
50 QUALIFYING COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER WITH AN ECONOMIC
51 DEVELOPMENT RATE.".
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House Journal, April 2
22 Amendment No. 1, Energy & Environment Report, dated March 20,
23 2025, and placed in member’s bill file; Report also printed in House
24 Journal, March 21, 2025.
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26 Amendment No. 2, by Representative Mauro:
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28 Amend the Energy and Environment Committee Report, dated March 20,
29 2025, page 1, line 12, strike "ABILITY" and substitute "OBLIGATION".
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31 Page 2, strike line 5 and substitute "INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:".
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33 As amended, ordered engrossed and placed on the Calendar for Third
34 Reading and Final Passage.
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