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GA SB583
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/2/2022
Primary Sponsor
Jason Anavitarte
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AI Summary
- Increases the residential distributed generation capacity limit from 10 kW to 15 kW and sets commercial capacity at 125% of actual or expected maximum annual peak demand of the premises served
- Raises the cumulative generating capacity threshold for electric utilities' required purchases from distributed generation facilities from 0.2% to 5% of annual peak demand, and directs the Public Service Commission to conduct an evidentiary proceeding to determine appropriate crediting mechanisms once that threshold is reached
- Allows tax-exempt customers (government entities and other tax-exempt organizations) to aggregate demand from multiple locations and subscribe to off-site aggregated solar facilities of up to 3 megawatts within their electric utility's service territory, with bill credits allocated as if the solar technology were on the customer's property
- Requires electric utilities to maintain and provide at least 24 months of meter usage data in electronic machine-readable form at no additional charge, and grants retail customers the right to share their usage data with authorized third parties; utilities must file a proposed data-access process with the Public Service Commission by October 1, 2022
- Prohibits electric service providers from imposing standby, capacity, or interconnection fees on customer generators with a total monthly bill of at least $20.00, and requires that any other fees be just, reasonable, nondiscriminatory, cost-based, and approved after public notice and comment; effective date of July 1, 2022
Legislative Description
Electricity; "The Georgia Cogeneration and Distributed Generation Act of 2001" and the "Solar Power Free-Market Financing Act of 2015"; change provisions
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/3/2022
Committee Referrals
Regulated Industries and Utilities3/3/2022
Full Bill Text
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