South Carolina Senate Bill 1189 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 16 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-06-16 - Act No. 236
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Provide That The Public Service Commission Shall Promulgate Standards For Interconnection Of Renewable Energy Facilities And Other Nonutility-owned Generation With A Generation Capacity Of Two Thousand Kilowatts Or Less To An Electrical Utility's Distribution System And To Provide That No Customer-generator Or Customer-generator Lessee Shall Connect Or Operate An Electric Generation Unit In Parallel Phase And Synchronization With Any Electrical Utility Without Written Approval By The Electrical Utility That All Of The Commission's Requirements Have Been Met; To Provide That Each Distribution Electric Cooperative Board Shall Consider Certain General Objectives And Methodology In Adopting A Net Energy Metering Policy, And To Provide That Each Distribution Electric Cooperative Shall Adopt A Net Energy Metering Policy And Shall Report Their Policy To The Office Of Regulatory Staff Within One Year; To Provide That Each Electric Cooperative Shall Investigate The Relationship Between Fixed Costs, Fixed Charges, And The Extent Of Cost Shifting That Is Attributable To Distributed Energy Resources Within Current Cost Of Service Ratemaking Methodologies, Cost Allocations, And Rate Designs, With A Focus On The Implications Distributed Energy Resources Could Have For Their Business Models In The Future; To Provide That If The Application Of The Provisions Of This Act To Any Wholesale Electrical Contract Existing On The Date Of Its Adoption Is Determined To Impair Unlawfully Any Term Of Such Contract Or To Add Material Costs To Either Party, Then That Contract Is Exempt From The Provisions Of This Act Under Certain Conditions; And To Provide How Certain Provisions Of The Act Must Be Construed

Distributed Energy Resource Program Act

Sen. Chauncey Gregory [R]	Sen. Glenn Reese [D]	Sen. Thomas McElveen [D]	Sen. Greg Hembree [R]
Sen. Bradley Hutto [D]	Sen. Joel Lourie [D]	Sen. George Campsen [R]	Sen. Raymond Cleary [R]
Sen. Karl Allen [D]	Sen. Katrina Shealy [R]	Sen. William O'Dell [R]	Sen. Paul Campbell [R]
Sen. Ronnie Cromer [R]	Sen. Robert Hayes [R]	Sen. Danny Verdin [R]	Sen. Vincent Sheheen [D]
Sen. Larry Martin [R]	Sen. Marlon Kimpson [D]	Sen. John Scott [D]	Sen. Thomas Alexander [R]

2014-05-28 - Senate - Senate: To Concur (Y: 42 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-05-22 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 86 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 30) [PASS]
2014-05-21 - House - House: Passage Of Bill (Y: 105 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2014-04-29 - Senate - Senate: 2nd Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-16		Act No. 236
2014-06-13		Effective date 06/02/14
2014-06-02		Signed By Governor
2014-05-29		Ratified R 241
2014-05-28	Senate	Roll call Ayes-42 Nays-0
2014-05-28	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
2014-05-22	House	Roll call Yeas-86 Nays-0
2014-05-22	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments
2014-05-21	House	Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-0
2014-05-21	House	Read second time
2014-05-21	House	Amended
2014-05-19		Scrivener's error corrected
2014-05-15	House	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry
2014-04-30	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2014-04-30	House	Introduced and read first time
2014-04-30	Senate	Read third time and sent to House
2014-04-29	Senate	Roll call Ayes-37 Nays-0
2014-04-29	Senate	Read second time
2014-04-16		Scrivener's error corrected
2014-04-15	Senate	Amended
2014-04-02	Senate	Committee report: Majority favorable, minority unfavorable Judiciary
2014-04-02	Senate	Polled out of committee Judiciary
2014-04-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2014-04-02	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	27	1050	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	27	460	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	27	865	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=1189&session=120&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140402.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140402A.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140415.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140416.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140515.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140519.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess120_2013-2014/prever/1189_20140521.htm
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=7868
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=8243
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=8256
Roll Call	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/votehistory.php?KEY=8374