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Committee considers bill to encourage industrial symbiosis by waiving utility connection charges
Summary
Substitute House Bill 13-02 would authorize municipal utilities to adopt ordinances waiving utility connection charges for projects that demonstrate industrial symbiosis, defined in the bill. Supporters urged clarity on meaningful thresholds and suggested reporting or a directory to scale projects.
Committee staff Matt Sheprick Coningsworth briefed substitute House Bill 13 02, which would authorize municipal utilities to adopt programs by ordinance to waive or delay utility connection charges for public or private organizations that use properties for industrial symbiosis. The bill defines industrial symbiosis as collaboration among businesses or organizations to exchange materials, energy, water and byproducts to optimize resource use and demonstrate measurable reductions in resource consumption or greenhouse gas emissions while supporting community benefits.
Representative Julio…
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