Bill Text: MI HB5990 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environmental protection; solid waste; use of shingles as a renewable energy source; allow. Amends sec. 11 of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1011).

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 17-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-25 - Printed Bill Filed 03/25/2010 [HB5990 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5990-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5990

 

March 24, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Rick Jones, Crawford, Haveman, Green, Denby, Booher, Meekhof, Marleau, Walsh, DeShazor, Bolger, Paul Scott, Young, Pearce, Lori, Horn and Stamas and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 295, entitled

 

"Clean, renewable, and efficient energy act,"

 

by amending section 11 (MCL 460.1011).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Renewable energy" means electricity generated using a

 

renewable energy system.

 

     (b) "Renewable energy capacity portfolio" means the number of

 

megawatts calculated under section 27(2) for a particular year.

 

     (c) "Renewable energy contract" means a contract to acquire

 

renewable energy and the associated renewable energy credits from 1

 

or more renewable energy systems.

 

     (d) "Renewable energy credit" means a credit granted pursuant

 

to section 41 that represents generated renewable energy.

 

     (e) "Renewable energy credit portfolio" means the sum of the

 

renewable energy credits achieved by a provider for a particular

 

year.

 

     (f) "Renewable energy credit standard" means a minimum

 

renewable energy portfolio required under section 27.

 

     (g) "Renewable energy generator" means a person that, together

 

with its affiliates, has constructed or has owned and operated 1 or

 

more renewable energy systems with combined gross generating

 

capacity of at least 10 megawatts.

 

     (h) "Renewable energy plan" or "plan", means a plan approved

 

under section 21 or 23 or found to comply with this act under

 

section 25, with any amendments adopted under this act.

 

     (i) "Renewable energy resource", subject to subdivision (j),

 

means a resource that naturally replenishes over a human, not a

 

geological, time frame; and that is ultimately derived from solar

 

power, water power, or wind power. Renewable energy resource does

 

not include petroleum, nuclear, natural gas, or coal. A renewable

 

energy resource comes from the sun, water, wind, or from the

 

thermal inertia of the earth; and that minimizes the output of

 

toxic material in the conversion of the energy. and Renewable

 

energy resource includes, but is not limited to, all of the

 

following:

 

     (i) Biomass.

 

     (ii) Solar and solar thermal energy.

 

     (iii) Wind energy.

 

     (iv) Kinetic energy of moving water, including all of the

 

following:

 

     (A) Waves, tides, or currents.

 

     (B) Water released through a dam.

 

     (v) Geothermal energy.

 

     (vi) Municipal solid waste, including shingles, whether or not

 

commingled with other waste.

 

     (vii) Landfill gas produced by municipal solid waste.

 

     (j) "Renewable energy resource" does not include petroleum,

 

natural gas, coal, or nuclear.

 

     (k) (j) "Renewable energy standard" means the minimum

 

renewable energy capacity portfolio, if applicable, and the

 

renewable energy credit portfolio required to be achieved under

 

section 27.

 

     (l) (k) "Renewable energy system" means a facility, electricity

 

generation system, or set of electricity generation systems that

 

use 1 or more renewable energy resources to generate electricity.

 

Renewable energy system does not include any of the following:

 

     (i) A hydroelectric pumped storage facility.

 

     (ii) A hydroelectric facility that uses a dam constructed after

 

the effective date of this act October 6, 2008 unless the dam is a

 

repair or replacement of a dam in existence on the effective date

 

of this act October 6, 2008 or an upgrade of a dam in existence on

 

the effective date of this act October 6, 2008 that increases its

 

energy efficiency.

 

     (iii) An incinerator unless the incinerator is a municipal solid

 

waste incinerator as defined in section 11504 of the natural

 

resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL

 

324.11504, that was brought into service before the effective date

 

of this act October 6, 2008, including any of the following:

 

     (A) Any upgrade of such an incinerator that increases energy

 

efficiency.

 

     (B) Any expansion of such an incinerator before the effective

 

date of this act October 6, 2008.

 

     (C) Any expansion of such an incinerator on or after the

 

effective date of this act October 6, 2008 to an approximate design

 

rated capacity of not more than 950 tons per day pursuant to the

 

terms of a final request for proposals issued on or before October

 

1, 1986.

 

     (l) "Revenue recovery mechanism" means the mechanism for

 

recovery of incremental costs of compliance established under

 

section 21 for a provider whose rates are regulated by the

 

commission.