Bill Text: OR SB1533 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to green energy technology in public buildings.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-27 - Effective date, January 1, 2013. [SB1533 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-SB1533-Engrossed.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

HA to A-Eng. SB 1533

LC 12/SB 1533-A3

                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                  A-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 1533

          By COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND WATER

                           February 24

  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, delete lines 8
through 12 and insert:
  ' (A) Geothermal electricity generation or direct use of
geothermal energy for space or water heating that reduces energy
use from other sources by at least 20 percent from a level
otherwise specified by law:
  ' (i) At the site of a public building; or
  ' (ii) Away from the site of a public building if the
geothermal source is within this state and is in the same county
as the public building or an adjacent county, if using energy
from a geothermal source that is away from the site of the public
building is more cost-effective than using geothermal energy from
a source at the site of the public building, if generating or
using geothermal energy at the site of the public building is not
feasible and if in addition to geothermal energy the public
building includes additional new capacity for renewable
electricity generation.
  ' (B) Solar electricity generation, solar thermal generation or
passive solar energy generation, if the system that employs
passive solar energy generation reduces energy use from other
sources by at least 20 percent from a level otherwise specified
by law:
  ' (i) At the site of a public building; or
  ' (ii) Away from the site of a public building if the solar
energy source is within this state and is in the same county as
the public building or an adjacent county, if using energy from a
solar energy source that is away from the site of the public
building is more cost-effective than using solar energy from a
source at the site of the public building, if generating or using
solar energy at the site of the public building is not feasible
and if in addition to solar energy the public building includes
additional new capacity for renewable electricity generation.'.
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