Committee considers technical fix to JEDI program to help dispatchable generators qualify for school-district abatements
A committee substitute for Senate Bill 23-22 would exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the JEDI program's "compelling factor" site-selection test. Supporters said the change restores legislative intent; opponents warned it weakens fiscal safeguards.
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The committee considered a committee substitute to Senate Bill 23-22 that would amend the Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation (JEDI) Act to exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the program’s "compelling factor" test. Supporters said the change restores the program’s original intent and prevents a technicality from excluding generators that must locate inside ERCOT.
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