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Committee retains and refers SB 106 on commercial/industrial net metering for interim study
Summary
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee retained Senate Bill 106 and voted 17-0 to refer it for interim study. Members cited unresolved questions about a 33% on-site-use threshold, a 20-year grandfathering provision and potential ratepayer cost-shifts for systems up to 5 megawatts.
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee referred Senate Bill 106 — a bill that would allow commercial and industrial customer-generators to participate in net energy metering — for interim study after extensive questions about its economic and operational impacts.
Chair remarks and why the bill was retained: the committee chair said members retained SB 106 earlier because significant economic and implementation questions remained. The bill, as drafted, would permit customer-generators up to 5 megawatts and requires that at least 33% of the electricity generated be consumed on-site annually; the chair and…
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