S.B. 2822 Summary

• Requires the Public Utilities Commission to open a docket by August 1, 2024, to determine rules allowing the Department of Accounting and General Services to wheel electricity produced from renewable energy sources at state facilities.

• Defines "wheeling" as transmitting electric power from point of generation over existing transmission lines of a third-party electric public utility.

• PUC docket must determine compensation rates for electric companies acting as transmitters and other terms serving the public interest, including workforce and community agreements with economically impacted stakeholders.

• Wheeling authorization requires compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act and Executive Order 14005 if federal funding is involved.

• Exempts member-owned cooperatives from the wheeling requirements.