Bill Text: IN SB0066 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Utility matters.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-18 - Effective 07/01/2011 [SB0066 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0066-Enrolled.html
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 66
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 8-1-8.8-10; (11)SE0066.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 8-1-8.8-10, AS AMENDED BY P.L.95-2010,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 10. (a) As used in this chapter "renewable energy
resources" means alternative sources of renewable energy, including
the following:
(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.
(10) Low temperature, oxygen starved gasification of municipal solid waste.
(11) Methane recovered from landfills for the production of electricity.
(12) Coal bed methane derived from a naturally occurring biogenic process.
(b) Except for energy described insubsection subsections (a)(8)
and (a)(10), 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.
(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.
(10) Low temperature, oxygen starved gasification of municipal solid waste.
(11) Methane recovered from landfills for the production of electricity.
(12) Coal bed methane derived from a naturally occurring biogenic process.
(b) Except for energy described in
(1) Tires.
(2) General household, institutional, commercial, industrial lunchroom, office, or landscape waste.
(c) The term excludes treated or painted lumber.
SEA 66 _ Concur
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