Senate Bill 248

Introduced Senate Bill (S) Authored by Sen. Liz Brown.

SENATE BILL No. 248

DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL; Citations Affected: IC 8-1-40.

Synopsis: Distributed energy generation. Amends as follows the statute concerning electricity supplied to and generated by an electricity supplier's customers who own a distributed generation facility: (1) Specifies that "excess distributed generation" means the difference between: (A) the kilowatt hours of electricity generated by a customer and supplied back to the electricity supplier; and (B) the kilowatt hours of electricity delivered by the electricity supplier to the customer; as netted over the monthly billing period. (2) Provides for: (A) the billing or crediting, on a monthly basis, of a distributed generation customer for the kilowatt hours of electricity received by or supplied by the customer, as applicable; and (B) the rates at which the customer is to be credited or billed, as applicable, for those kilowatt hours.(3)Makes conforming change sin other provisions of the statute. Adds a noncode provision to address electricity suppliers that have applied for approval, or received approval, for an excess distributed generation rate or tariff from the utility regulatory commission (IURC) under current law, and to require that: (1) the IURC not approve any pending petitions unless those petitions comply with the bill's provisions; and (2) an electricity supplier that has been granted approval by the IURC of an excess distributed generation rate and tariff to file with the IURC, not later than 30 days after the enactment of the bill, an amended rate and tariff, so that both the rate and the tariff, as amended, comply with the bill's provisions.

Effective: Upon passage. Brown L

January 10, 2022, read first time and referred to Senate Committee on Utilities.

Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) needs to schedule a hearing on SB 248 in the Senate Utilities Committee. We also need to educate the members of this committee to understand why this needed. 2022 is a short session of the Indiana General Assembly, therefore, SB 248 needs a committee hearing before the end of January 2022.

Chair

Sen. Eric Koch
Ranking Member

Sen. Chip Perfect
Majority Members
Ranking Minority Member
- Sen. Lonnie Randolph
Minority Members
- Sen. Jean Breaux
- Sen. Shelli Yoder

In addition to SB 248 introduced by Sen. Liz Brown, a companion bill is expected to be introduced this week by a House Republican. Watch for more details.

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4799352 - Joint Appellants Reply Brief_FINAL-12-16-21

The above document is the last and final brief in the Joint Appeal of the IURC order in the CenterPoint/Vectren EDG case to replace monthly net metering with instantaneous or no netting.