Bill Text: NC S635 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Transmission Line Ownership
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-03 - Ch. SL 2013-232 [S635 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S635-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
S 2
SENATE BILL 635
House Committee Substitute Favorable 5/2/13
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Short Title: Transmission Line Ownership. |
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April 4, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that only incumbent providers may construct a new electricity transmission line.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 62‑100 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62‑100. Definitions.
As used in this Article:
(1) The term "begin to construct" includes
any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect
the natural environment of the route of a transmission line; but that term does
not include land surveys, boring to ascertain geological conditions, or similar
preliminary work undertaken to determine the suitability of proposed routes for
a transmission line that results in temporary changes to the land;
land.
(2) The word "county" means any one of the
counties listed in G.S. 153A‑10; G.S. 153A‑10.
(3) The word "land" means any real estate or
any estate or interest in real estate, including water and riparian rights,
regardless of the use to which it is devoted; devoted.
(4) The word "lines" means distribution lines
and transmission lines collectively; collectively.
(5) The word "municipality" means any
incorporated community, whether designated as a city, town, or village and any
area over which it exercises any of the powers granted by Article 19 of Chapter
160A of the General Statutes; Statutes.
(6) The term "public utility" means any of the following:
a. A public utility, as defined in G.S. 62‑3(23).
b. An electric membership corporation.
c. A joint municipal power agency.
d. A city or county that is a person,
whether organized under the laws of this State or under the laws of any other
state or country, engaged in producing, generating, transmitting,
delivering, or furnishing electricity for private or public use. use,
including counties, municipalities, joint municipal power agencies, electric
membership corporations, and public and private corporations; and
(7) The term "transmission line" means an electric line designed with a capacity of at least 161 kilovolts."
SECTION 2. G.S. 62‑101(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) No public utility or any other person may begin to construct a new transmission line without first obtaining from the Commission a certificate of environmental compatibility and public convenience and necessity. Only a public utility, as defined in this Article, may obtain a certificate to construct a new transmission line."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to certificates of environmental compatibility and public convenience and necessity issued on or after that date.
