Mississippi House Bill 1026 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "mississippi Efficient And Renewable Energy Development Act"; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Provide That The Public Service Commission, After Opportunity For Public Comment, Shall Establish Appropriate Rates, Terms And Conditions For Net-metering Contracts; To Require The Commission To Credit A Net-metering Customer With Any Accumulated Net Excess Generation; To Require Any Net Excess Generation Credit Remaining In A Net-metering Customer's Account To First Be Credited To The Customer's Next Bill At Retail Rate, Then Be Purchased By The Utility At The Avoided Cost Rate At The End Of An Annualized Period; To Provide That Any Renewable Energy Credit Created As The Result Of Electricity Supplied By A Net-metering Customer Is The Property Of Such Customer That Generated The Credit; And For Related Purposes.

Public utilities; authorize metering for customers generating electricity through renewable energy sources.

Rep. Toby Barker [R]

Rep. Greg Ward [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Public Utilities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1026.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1026IN.htm