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Commerce asks committee to create a Clean Energy Development Office to smooth siting and planning
Summary
House Bill 1328 would create a Clean Energy Development Office in the Department of Commerce to provide planning, mapping, dispute resolution and a work group on siting battery energy storage; proponents say it would improve coordination among developers, tribes and local governments while others warned about overlap with existing agencies.
The committee heard House Bill 1328, an agency-request bill that would create a Clean Energy Development Office (CEDO) within the Department of Commerce to support planning, siting and development of clean-energy projects.
Commerce staff described the office’s proposed authorities: compiling information and guidance on siting and permitting, supporting workforce development, helping tribes and local governments integrate clean-energy projects into planning and zoning, convening a battery energy storage system work group and assessing a ‘‘build-ready’’ program to identify low-conflict sites. ‘‘The bill…is designed to address these kinds of issues. And currently we…
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