Bill Text: IN SB0313 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Net metering; renewable electricity standard.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2010-03-01 - House advisors appointed: Barnes, Moses, Koch and Frizzell [SB0313 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0313-Engrossed.html
Citations Affected: IC 8-1; noncode.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2010.
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ DVORAK, LUTZ, KOCH, BARNES)
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities & Technology.
January 25, 2010, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 28, 2010, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
January 29, 2010, engrossed.
February 2, 2010, read third time, passed. Yeas 49, nays 0.
February 8, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Energy, Technology and Utilities.
February 22, 2010, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
Digest Continued
the IURC to amend the IURC's net metering and interconnection rules may not make the net metering and interconnection rules apply to a cooperatively owned power supplier or a municipally owned utility. Provides that the existing rules are void to the extent they do not comply with the requirements for the amended rules. Requires the IURC to report to the regulatory flexibility committee on the IURC's progress in adopting the amended rules. Requires the IURC to include certain information in its annual report to the regulatory flexibility committee regarding the number of net metering customers, any safety incidents, and the cross subsidy impact of net metering to other ratepayers of each electric utility. Renewable electricity standard. Requires an electricity supplier to supply at least 4% of its electricity generated through wind power not later than December 31, 2014. Establishes the renewable energy resources fund to receive penalties paid by electricity suppliers that fail to supply electricity from renewable energy resources. Appropriates money in the fund.
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(1) For each electric utility, the number of net metering customers by customer class and nameplate capacity.
(2) A description of each safety incident that occurred during the year covered by the report, including the outcome of the incident and any remedial measures taken in response to the incident.
(3) A description of each grid reliability incident that occurred during the year covered by the report, including the outcome of the incident and any remedial measures taken in response to the incident.
(4) An estimate of the cross subsidy impact of net metering to other ratepayers of each electric utility.
Chapter 35. Renewable Electricity Standard
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "electricity supplier" means a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1) that furnishes retail electric service to the public. The term does not include a public utility that is any of the following:
(1) A corporation organized under IC 8-1-13.
(2) A corporation organized under IC 23-17-1 that is an electric cooperative and that has at least one (1) member that is a corporation organized under IC 8-1-13.
(3) A municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(h)).
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the renewable energy resources fund established by section 9 of this chapter.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "regional transmission organization" refers to a regional transmission organization approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that serves a region that includes all or part of Indiana.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "renewable energy credit" or "REC" means a tradable commodity equivalent to one (1) megawatt hour of electricity generated by renewable energy resources.
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "renewable energy resources" refers to the production of electricity by wind power.
Sec. 6. Each electricity supplier shall supply electricity generated by renewable energy resources to Indiana customers as a percentage of the total electricity supplied by the electricity supplier to Indiana customers as follows:
(1) Not later than December 31, 2012, at least two percent (2%).
(2) Not later than December 31, 2013, at least three percent (3%).
(3) Not later than December 31, 2014, at least four percent (4%).
For purposes of this section, electricity is measured in megawatt hours.
Sec. 7. (a) An electricity supplier may own, generate, purchase, or trade RECs to comply with section 6 of this chapter.
(b) An electricity supplier is responsible for conducting sufficient advance planning to acquire its allotment of RECs.
(c) An electricity supplier that is required, and fails, to comply
with section 6 of this chapter shall deposit in the fund an amount
equal to:
(1) the number of megawatt hours of electricity generated by
renewable energy resources that the electricity supplier was
required to but failed to supply under section 6 of this
chapter; multiplied by
(2) fifty dollars ($50).
Sec. 8. For purposes of calculating RECs to determine an
electricity supplier's compliance with section 6 of this chapter, the
following apply:
(1) One (1) megawatt hour of electricity generated by
renewable energy resources in an Indiana facility equals one
(1) REC.
(2) One (1) megawatt hour of electricity generated by a
renewable energy resource in the territory of a regional
transmission organization and imported into Indiana equals
one-half (0.5) REC.
Sec. 9. (a) The renewable energy resources fund is established
to provide funding for the following:
(1) Renewable energy technology research at state supported
colleges and universities.
(2) Grants or other financial incentives for renewable energy
manufacturing projects.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Money deposited under section 7(c) of this chapter.
(2) Money from any other source that is deposited in the fund.
(c) The Indiana economic development corporation shall
administer the fund.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from
money in the fund but may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
balance in the fund.
(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that
accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
revert to the state general fund.
(g) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for purposes
of the fund.
Sec. 10. Not later than March 1, 2013, and each year thereafter,
an electricity supplier shall file with the commission a report of the
electricity supplier's compliance with this chapter for the
preceding calendar year.
Sec. 11. The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to
implement this chapter, including rules to establish a program for
the certification and trading of RECs to comply with section 6 of
this chapter.
Sec. 12. (a) Not later than April 1, 2015, the commission shall
submit a report in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 to the
general assembly. A report submitted under this section must
include:
(1) an analysis of; and
(2) any legislative proposals the commission believes would
increase;
the effectiveness of and industry compliance with this chapter.
(b) This section expires January 1, 2016.
(b) Subject to subsections (c) through (e) and not later than July 1, 2010, the commission shall adopt rules to amend the net metering and interconnection rules adopted by the commission and codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 and 170 IAC 4-4.3. The commission shall adopt the rules required by this subsection in the same manner as emergency rules are adopted under IC 4-22-2-37.1. The rules adopted by the commission under this subsection must do the following:
(1) Require an electric utility to offer net metering to all customer classes.
(2) Allow a net metering customer to interconnect to an electric utility's distribution facility a generating system that is sized to meet all or part of a customer's electric load.
(3) Allow a net metering customer to interconnect a facility that generates electricity through any of the following technologies:
(A) Solar.
(B) Wind.
(C) Microhydroelectric facilities.
(D) Hydroelectric facilities at dams existing before January 1, 2010.
(E) Combustion technology using renewable fuels or natural gas.
(F) Fuel cells using renewable fuels.
(G) Biogas, including anaerobic digestion and algae
production systems.
(H) Methane from landfills or other waste products.
(I) Combined heat and power systems that achieve at least
seventy percent (70%) overall efficiency.
(4) Allow for customer meter aggregation.
(c) A rule adopted by the commission under subsection (b) may
not make the net metering and interconnection rules adopted by
the commission and codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 and 170 IAC 4-4.3
apply to any of the following:
(1) A cooperatively owned power supplier (as defined in
IC 8-1-13.1-3).
(2) A municipally owned utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(h)).
(d) Rules adopted under subsection (b) expire on the date the
rules are adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2-24 through
IC 4-22-2-36.
(e) Not later than June 1, 2010, the commission shall evaluate
the net metering and interconnection rules adopted by the
commission and codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 and 170 IAC 4-4.3 for
compliance with the requirements set forth in subsection (b). To
the extent that any rules codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 and 170
IAC 4-4.3 do not meet the requirements set forth in subsection (b),
the rules are void. Not later than June 15, 2010, the commission
shall notify the publisher of the Indiana Administrative Code and
Indiana Register of any rules codified at 170 IAC 4-4.2 and 170
IAC 4-4.3 that are void under this subsection. The publisher shall
remove the rules that are void under this subsection from the
Indiana Administrative Code.
(f) Not later than November 1, 2010, the commission shall report
to the regulatory flexibility committee established by IC 8-1-2.6-4
on the commission's progress under subsection (d) in finally
adopting, under IC 4-22-2-24 through IC 4-22-2-36, the emergency
rules initially adopted by the commission under subsection (b).
(g) This SECTION expires January 1, 2012.
