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Legislative hearing hears support for aligning PUC grid‑planning and climate plan schedules
Summary
Lawmakers heard from the Public Utilities Commission, Governor’s Energy Office and municipal utilities on LD 1240, which would move several utility reporting deadlines to align with the integrated grid planning process and reduce the reporting cadence for climate protection plans from three to five years.
Lawmakers heard testimony supporting LD 1240, a bill sponsored by Representative Melanie Sachs, that would align deadlines for Public Utilities Commission reviews of grid‑enhancing technologies and the submission schedules for utilities’ climate change protection plans with the state’s integrated grid planning cycle.
Representative Sachs said the change is intended to make PUC proceedings and utility planning more useful to each other by aligning timing: “The required reports on grid…
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