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Committee considers one-year shifts to renewable portfolio dates and questions about long-running rate for biomass facility
Summary
Members discussed moving multiple statutory deadlines for a biomass facility’s efficiency upgrades and corresponding Public Utility Commission (PUC) rate review back by one year; members asked the PUC for written comment and signaled interest in further scrutiny of the ongoing rate term.
The committee reviewed a package of date changes that defer multiple reporting and compliance deadlines tied to a renewable power portfolio requirement specific to a biomass electric facility referenced in the draft as section 33 (statute number referenced in the draft discussion as “8009”).
Legislative Council staff said the draft moves the PUC report date to Nov. 1, 2028, so the PUC would set the next purchase price for the period 11/01/2028–11/01/2032. Staff explained the timetable is a coordinated sequence: the facility must show a…
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