The Conference Committee on HB 1117 met on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Conference Committee Chairman Rep. Russ Stilwell (D-Boonville) distributed a proposed conference committee report with the following new language establishing a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) for the State of Indiana:
Each electricity supplier shall supply electricity that is generated from renewable energy resources to Indiana customers as a percentage of the total electricity supplied by the electricity supplier to Indiana customers during a calendar year as follows:
- Two percent (2%) by 2010,
- Five percent (5%) by 2015,
- Eight percent (8%) by 2020, and
- Twelve percent (12%) by 2025.
The Conference Committee Report specifies that an electricity supplier may not use a renewable energy resource described in section 5(a)(5) of this chapter to generate more than twenty percent (20%) of the electricity that the electricity supplier is required to supply. Section 5(a)(5) refers to clean coal and energy projects (as defined in IC 8-1-8.8-2).
A full copy Rep. Stilwell's proposed HB1117 Conference Committee Report is not currently available on-line.
To receive a copy of the proposed HB 1117 conference committee report, please send an e-mail to: lauraarnold@indianarenew.org.
Since our last post on this issue, Sen. Richard Young (D-Milltown) has replaced Sen. James Lewis (D-Charlestown) as a Senate conferee. Sen. Lewis is now an advisor to the HB 1117 Conference Committee.
The revised list of HB 1117 Conferees is as follows:
House conferees appointed:
*Rep. Russ Stilwell (D-Boonville), h74@in.gov
*Rep. Eric Koch (R-Bedford), h65@in.gov
House advisors appointed:
Rep. Kreg Battles (D-Vincennes), h64@in.gov
Rep. Jack Lutz (R-Anderson), h35@in.gov
Rep. Dale Grubb (D-Covington), h42@in.gov
Senate conferees appointed:
*Sen. Brandt Hershman (R-Monticello), s7@in.gov
*Sen. Richard Young (D-Milltown), s47@in.gov
Senate advisors appointed:
Sen. Thomas Wyss (R-Ft. Wayne), s15@in.gov
Sen. James Lewis (D-Charlestown), s45@in.gov
*denotes voting member of the Conference Committee