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Committee advances SB 228 with amendment to expand customer‑generator group options; amendment and bill pass by consent
Summary
Senate Bill 228, as amended, was moved out of committee with protections for existing customer‑generators and expanded group participation rules. The committee adopted an amendment and reported the bill out (vote by consent); stakeholders noted remaining implementation questions about utility accounting.
Senate Bill 228, a bill addressing group participation for customer‑generators and related net‑metering issues, was amended in committee and reported as "ought to pass" with amendment 671.
Senator David Waters, who led work on the amendment, said the committee had worked with stakeholders and the Department of Energy to preserve an 18‑megawatt threshold and a 500‑kilowatt cap for certain customers, and to add protections against "double dipping" (compensating a project twice…
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