Introduced
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To mandate that utilities offer “green energy programs” that charge extra for electric power generated from a “renewable energy resource” if a customer wants this. Utilities would be required to disclose the cost differential on a customer’s statement, and inform customers of the income tax credit proposed by Senate Bill 1040.
Referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities
Amendment offered
To define “renewable energy resource” as one that “naturally replenishes over a human, not a geological, time frame ultimately derived from solar power, solar hot water, or wind power. a renewable energy resource comes from the sun or from thermal inertia of the ground and minimizes the output of toxic material in the conversion of the energy”.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To require utilities to offer “green energy programs” that charge extra for electric power generated from a “renewable energy resource” if a customer wants this. Utilities would be required to disclose the cost differential on a customer’s statement, and inform customers of the income tax credit proposed by Senate Bill 1040.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
