HB103 H GO AMT 6-1
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The Committee on Government Organization moved to amend the
title of the bill to read as follows:
H. B. 103 -- "A BILL to
amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §24-2F-1,
§24-2F-2, §24-2F-3, §24-2F-4, §24-2F-5, §24-2F-6, §24-2F-7, §24-2F-
8, §24-2F-9, §24-2F-10, §24-2F-11 and §24-2F-12, all relating to an
alternative and renewable energy portfolio standard; setting forth
legislative findings; defining terms; establishing standards for
the sale of electricity generated from alternative and renewable
energy resources; providing for compliance assessments; creating a
system of tradable alternative and renewable energy resource
credits; providing for the awarding of credits based upon
electricity generated or purchased from alternative and renewable
energy resource facilities; providing for the awarding of credits
for certain greenhouse emissions reduction and offset projects;
providing for the awarding of credits for certain energy efficiency
and demand-side energy initiative projects; requiring application
to the Public Service Commission for approval of alternative and
renewable energy portfolio standard compliance plans; setting forth
minimum requirements for compliance plan applications; requiring
Public Service Commission approval of compliance plan applications; requiring annual progress reports; providing for incentive rate
making for investments in new alternative and renewable energy
resource facilities in West Virginia; requiring the Public Service
Commission to adopt certain net metering and interconnection rules
and standards; authorizing interagency agreements; requiring an
ongoing assessment of alternative and renewable energy resources in
West Virginia; requiring Public Service Commission to consider
adopting portfolio standards for certain electric cooperatives and
other electric facilities or utilities; requiring Public Service
Commission to consider extending alternative and renewable resource
credits to electric distribution companies or electric generation
suppliers other than electric utilities; establishing the
Alternative and Renewable Energy Resources Research Fund; providing
for the awarding of matching grants for certain research projects;
and authorizing the Public Service Commission to promulgate rules.
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