Committee advances SB 192 (5th Sub): adjusts wind and solar incentives to require storage tied to peak daily generation

The House Public Utilities and Energy Standing Committee voted unanimously to advance SB 192, Fifth Substitute, which modifies commercial wind and solar incentives by adjusting exemption dates and tying required storage to peak daily generation for qualifying systems.

Senator Owens, the bill sponsor, described the fifth substitute as a change “to adjust the energy storage requirement exemption dates and moves it from a May 7 to January 1, just so no gaming could take place that someone went and signed a place into the queue, just to hold the spot.” The change aims to reduce opportunities for projects to secure queue positions without real intent to build.

The bill requires commercial wind and solar generating facilities of 660 kilowatts or more to include storage systems sized relative to peak daily…