Editor's Note: Please accept my deepest apology. I jumped the gun and rendered an interpretation of Sen. Gard's proposed amendment #6 to SB 251 in haste. Amendment #6 did delete the current definition of renewable energy BUT it also replaced it with another new definition of renewable energy in another section of the bill. In order to understand this it required looking at both the 6-page amendment and matching up the proposed changes to the 21-page February 8, 2011.
I suppose my only excuse is that I have been conditioned to expect the worse this session. An amended SB 251 will be on the Third Reading calendar in the Indiana State Senate this week.
To read the version of SB 251 the Indiana Senate will address can be found at Latest Printing (PDF)
If you received or downloaded an earlier version of SB 251, you need to make sure you are now reading the Reprinted February 18, 2011 version of SB 251.
To continue to watch the progress of this bill, please visit http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&request=getBill&docno=251
The saga goes on. Laura Ann Arnold
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An amendment was filed this morning (2/17/2011) on SB 251, the so-called Clean Energy Bill, authored by Sen. Beverly Gard, Sen. Jim Merritt and Sen. Brandt Hershman, that would strip "true" renewable energy resources such as wind, solar, biomass, hydro, etc. from the definition of "renewable energy resources". It is hard to understand what the reason or rationale would be for this proposed change. I have not had a chance to read and really digest the rest of this 6-page proposed amendment.
It is possible I am not reading this correctly but I don't think so. If I am correct then a really bad bill just became worse. I will try to continue to read and understand but I tought this was too important not to share with my blog readers right now.
The Indiana Senate is scheduled to go into session this afternoon at 1:30 pm EST, however, since both Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats were caucusing immediately prior to going into session it is doubtful they will start promptly at 1:30 pm.
Here is the text of the proposed amendment by Sen. Gard.
I move
that Senate Bill 251 be amended to read as follows:
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Page 4, line 9, after "from" insert " or increase the efficiency of".
Page 5, line 33, after "energy" insert " production or".
Page 5, line 33, strike "or coal gasification".
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(1) Energy from wind.
(2) Solar energy.
(3) Photovoltaic cells and panels.
(4) Dedicated crops grown for energy production.
(5) Organic waste biomass, including any of the following organic matter that is available on a renewable basis:
(A) Agricultural crops.
(B) Agricultural wastes and residues.
(C) Wood and wood wastes, including the following:
(i) Wood residues.
(ii) Forest thinnings.
(iii) Mill residue wood.
(D) Animal wastes.
(E) Animal byproducts.
(F) Aquatic plants.
(G) Algae.
(6) Hydropower from existing dams.
(7) Fuel cells.
(8) Energy from waste to energy facilities.
(9) Energy storage systems. a clean energy resource listed in IC 8-1-37-4(1) through (13).
(b) Except for energy described in subsection (a)(8), from waste to energy facilities, the term does not include energy from the incinerations, burning, or heating of any of the following:
(1) Tires.
(2) General household, institutional, commercial, industrial lunchroom, office, or landscape waste.
(c) The term excludes treated or painted lumber.".
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" (1) represents one (1) megawatt hour of clean energy that satisfies the applicable conditions set forth in section 12(c)(2) of this chapter;".
Page 11, line 28, after "4." insert " (a)".
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" (12) Coal bed methane.
(13) A source, technology, or program approved by the commission and designated as a clean energy resource by a rule adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2.
(14) Demand side management or energy efficiency initiatives that:
(A) reduce electricity consumption; or
(B) implement load management, demand response, or energy efficiency measures designed to shift customers' electric loads from periods of higher demand to periods of lower demand;
as a result of equipment installed, or customers enrolled, after January 1, 2010.
(15) A clean energy project described in IC 8-1-8.8-2(1).
(16) Nuclear energy.
(17) Electricity that is:
(A) generated by a customer owned distributed generation facility that is interconnected to the electricity supplier's distribution system in accordance with the commission's interconnection standards set forth in 170 IAC 4-4.3; and
(B) supplied back to the electricity supplier for use in meeting the electricity supplier's electricity demand requirements in accordance with the commission's net metering rules set forth in 170 IAC 4-4.2.
(18) Combined heat and power systems.
(19) Electricity that is generated from natural gas at a facilityconstructed in Indiana after July 1, 2011, which displaces electricity generation from an existing coal fired generation facility.
during the base year.
(2) CPS Goal Period II: For the six (6) calendar years beginning January 1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2024, an average of at least seven percent (7%) of the total electricity obtained by the participating electricity supplier to meet the energy requirements of its Indiana retail electric customers during the base year.
(3) CPS Goal Period III: In the calendar year ending December 31, 2025, at least ten percent (10%) of the total electricity obtained by the participating electricity supplier to meet the energy requirements of its Indiana retail electric customers during the base year.
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" authorized by the commission under this subsection may:
(1) be different for each of the CPS goal periods identified in section 12(a) of this chapter, as the commission determines is appropriate; and
(2) in the case of a particular participating electricity supplier, be based on the extent to which the participating electricity supplier met a particular CPS goal using clean energy resources listed in section 4(1) through 4(13) of this chapter.".
Page 17, line 10, beginning with "The" begin a new line blocked left.
Page 17, line 11, delete "subdivision" and insert " subsection".
Page 17, line 12, delete "cumulative." and insert " cumulative and may not be authorized for a clean energy resource for which the commission has authorized an incentive under IC 8-1-8.8-11(a)(2).".
Page 17, delete lines 20 through 42, begin a new paragraph and insert:
" (b) If the commission approves an electricity supplier's application under section 11(c) of this chapter, the commission shall permit the recovery, by means of a periodic rate adjustment mechanism, of incentives based on the following:
(1) The sharing of achieved savings or as a percentage of costs.
(2) Avoided costs resulting from achieving demand side management or energy efficiency targets.".
Page 18, delete lines 1 through 3.
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Page 18, between lines 13 and 14, begin a new paragraph and insert:
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(1) constructing, operating, or maintaining facilities that generate clean energy that:
(A) is used by the participating electricity supplier in itsefforts to meet a CPS goal set forth in section 12(a) of this chapter; and
(B) meets the requirements set forth in section 12(c) of this chapter; or
(2) otherwise generating or purchasing clean energy that is used by the participating electricity supplier in its efforts to meet a CPS goal set forth in section 12(a) of this chapter.
For purposes of this subsection and subsection (h)(1), "program costs" includes administrative costs, ancillary costs, capacity costs, costs associated with CECs, capital costs, depreciation costs, tax costs, and financing costs incurred in connection with an activity described in subdivision (1) or (2).
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Page 18, line 14, delete "(b)" and insert " (d)".
Page 18, line 15, after "(a)" insert " or periodic rate adjustment mechanisms established by the commission under subsection (b) or (c)".
Page 18, line 21, after "incentives" insert " or periodic rate adjustment mechanisms".
Page 18, line 22, delete "(c)" and insert " (e)".
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Page 18, line 28, after "incentives" insert " or periodic rate adjustment mechanisms".
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Page 19, line 6, delete "(a)(2)" and insert " (c)".
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Page 20, line 22, delete "12(e)" and insert " 12(f)".
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Page 21, delete lines 5 through 10.
(Reference is to SB 251 as printed February 14, 2011.)
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Page 12, line 36, delete "(19)" and insert " (20)".
Page 12, between lines 37 and 38, begin a new paragraph and insert:
" (b) Except for energy described in subsection (a)(9), the term does not include energy from the incineration, burning, or heating of any of the following:
(1) Tires.
(2) General household, institutional, commercial, industrial, lunchroom, office, or landscape waste.
(c) The term excludes treated or painted lumber.".
Page 13, line 15, after "Indiana " insert " voluntary".
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Page 13, line 38, after "incentives" insert " and periodic rate adjustment mechanisms".
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Page 14, line 25, delete "under subsection (a) if" and insert " If".
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" (1) an application submitted under subsection (a) is complete and reasonably complies with the purpose of this chapter; and".
Page 14, line 29, delete "supplying" and insert " obtaining".
Page 14, line 29, after "to" insert " meet the energy requirements of".
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the commission shall approve the application. If, however, the commission determines that the application does not meet the requirements set forth in this subsection, the commission shall reject the application. The electricity supplier that submitted the application under subsection (a) bears the burden of proving to the commission that the application meets the requirements set forth in this subsection.".
Page 14, line 35, delete "(b)," and insert " (c),".
Page 14, line 37, delete "supply" and insert " obtain".
Page 14, line 37, after "to" insert " meet the energy requirements of".
Page 14, delete lines 40 through 42, begin a new line single block indented and insert:
" (1) CPS Goal Period I: For the six (6) calendar years beginning January 1, 2013, and ending December 31, 2018, an average of at least four percent (4%) of the total electricity obtained by the participating electricity supplier to meet the energy requirements of its Indiana retail electric customers ".
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Page 15, line 20, before "For" begin a new paragraph and insert " (b)".
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Page 15, line 23, after "energy" insert " as follows:
(1) Subject to subdivision (2), for clean energy".
Page 15, between lines 25 and 26, begin a new line single block indented and insert:
" (2) For clean energy that is generated by a facility located in Indiana from a clean energy resource listed in section 4(1) through 4(13) of this chapter by a factor of one and five tenths (1.5).".
Page 15, line 26, delete "(b)" and insert " (c)".
Page 15, line 29, delete "(e)," and insert " (f),".
Page 15, line 29, delete "supplied" and insert " obtained".
Page 15, line 30, after "to" insert " meet the energy requirements of".
Page 15, delete lines 33 through 42, begin a new line single block indented and insert:
" (2) is generated by a facility located in a control area that is part of a regional transmission organization of which an electricity supplier is a member.".
Page 16, delete lines 1 through 18, begin a new paragraph and insert:
" (d) An electricity supplier is not required to obtain clean energy to meet a particular CPS goal if the commission determines that the cost of clean energy resources available to the electricity supplier would result in an increase in the rates and charges of the electricity supplier that would not be just and reasonable.".
Page 16, line 19, delete "(d)" and insert " (e)".
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Page 16, line 23, delete "(e)" and insert " (f)".
