South Carolina House Bill 4282

---

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Introduced on April 5 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-20 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
Pending: House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-37-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Provide For "demand-side Management Programs", "cost-effective", And "demand-side Management Pilot Programs"; By Amending Section 58-37-20, Relating To The Adoption Of Procedures Encouraging Energy Efficiency And Conservation, So As To Require The Public Service Commission To Adopt Procedures To Require Electrical Utilities And Encourage Gas Utilities To Plan For And Invest In All Cost-effective Energy Efficiency And Demand-side Resources And To Require The Commission To Review Annual Reports From The Utilities; By Amending Section 58-37-30, Relating To Reports On Demand-side Activities Of Gas And Electric Utilities, So As To Make Technical Changes; And To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Study Potential Costs And Benefits Of Establishing A Third-party Administrator For Energy Efficiency And Other Demand-side Management Programs, And To Provide Certain Requirements For This Study.

Energy Efficiency

Sen. Deon Tedder [D]	Rep. Nathan Ballentine [R]	Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Elizabeth Wetmore [D]
Rep. Patricia Henegan [D]	Rep. Jermaine Johnson [D]	Rep. Marvin Pendarvis [D]	Rep. Heather Bauer [D]
Rep. Jerry Carter [R]	Rep. Roger Kirby [D]	Rep. Marvin Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-20	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: M.M.Smith
2023-04-19	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bauer, Carter, Kirby
2023-04-05	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2023-04-05	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	37	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	37	20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	37	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4282&session=125&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/4282_20230405.htm