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IN HB1188
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
David Ober
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AI Summary
HB 1188 Summary
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IURC must post summaries of periodic rate reviews for electricity suppliers on its website, and suppliers must link to these summaries on their own websites.
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Expands the definition of "private generation project" to include certain cogeneration facilities located on the same site or contiguous to a host operation and directly integrated with it.
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Electric and steam utilities are not required to distribute, transmit, deliver, or wheel electricity from private generation projects.
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Public utilities installing wind or solar projects up to 50,000 kilowatts using contractors subject to Indiana unemployment taxes and selected through competitive procurement are exempt from obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
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Establishes new distributed generation framework with net metering tariffs available until the first calendar year when aggregate capacity reaches 1% of summer peak load, phasing out completely after June 30, 2027; electricity suppliers must file for distributed generation purchase rates by March 1, 2026, and customers have specified consumer protection rights.
Legislative Description
Distributed generation. Requires: (1) the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to post a summary of the results of the IURC's most recent periodic review of the basic rates and charges of an electricity supplier on the IURC's Internet web site; and (2) the electricity supplier subject to the review to provide a link on the electricity supplier's Internet web site to the IURC's posted summary. Amends the statute concerning alternate energy production, cogeneration, and small hydro facilities to: (1) include in the definition of a "private generation project" certain cogeneration facilities that: (A) are located on the same site as the
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
1/10/2017