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Committee votes to recommend 'do not pass' on transmission‑line siting bill after lengthy debate over local setbacks
Summary
After hours of testimony, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend "do not pass" on House Bill 1258, which would have allowed the Public Service Commission to preempt local zoning when a transmission applicant shows local rules are "unreasonably restrictive."
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee debated House Bill 1258, a proposal to allow the Public Service Commission (PSC) to preempt local zoning ordinances for electric transmission facility siting when the applicant demonstrates the local rules are "unreasonably restrictive" in view of existing technology, costs or consumer needs.
The bill text before the committee would require the PSC to notify affected townships, cities and counties when a certificate application is filed and would give political subdivisions 45 days' notice; local jurisdictions would be required to file a listing of local requirements at least 10 days before a PSC hearing or risk having those requirements superseded. The draft directs the PSC to…
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