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IN SB0569
Bill
Status
1/20/2015
Primary Sponsor
Scott Schneider
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AI Summary
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Governor and attorney general must take steps to protect Indiana's sovereignty and police power authority against federal EPA Clean Power Plan regulatory activity under the Clean Air Act.
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Department of Environmental Management may examine Clean Power Plan implications but cannot prepare, submit, or implement a state implementation plan until judicial review of the EPA regulation's legality is fully resolved.
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Utility Regulatory Commission cannot allow electric generating units to retire before their engineering lifetime if necessary to maintain grid reliability as specified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Electric generating units existing as of July 1, 2015, must be operated according to their design parameters and initial design life, with retirement prohibited unless owners have recouped construction costs, replacement generation costs less, and sufficient replacement capacity exists.
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Utility Regulatory Commission must cap nonfuel rate increases associated with greenhouse gas regulations at 1.5% and require least-cost electricity generation proposals complying with federal Clean Air Act regulations.
Legislative Description
The Reliable, Affordable, and Safe Power Act. Provides that, in response to the federal Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan regulatory activity: (1) the governor and attorney general shall take appropriate steps to protect the state's sovereignty and police power authority in light of the designed federalism under the federal Clean Air Act; (2) the department of environmental management may examine the implications of preparing and implementing proposed regulations, but may not prepare or implement a state implementation plan until completion of judicial review concerning the legality of regulations under the federal Clean Air Act for existing power plants has
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
1/20/2015