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Panel approves bill exempting emergency generators from certain air-emission fees
Summary
The Committee on Natural Resources and Energy voted to adopt a committee substitute and give House Bill 346 a favorable recommendation, advancing a measure that carves emergency and backup generators out of statute for air-emission fee calculations and removes a per-source 4,000-ton cap used in determining fees.
The Committee on Natural Resources and Energy voted to adopt a committee substitute and give House Bill 346 a favorable recommendation, advancing a measure that carves emergency and backup generators out of statute for air-emission fee calculations and removes a per-source 4,000-ton cap used in determining fees.
Representative Derek Lewis, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the change responds to a contested administrative regulation that had charged some organizations large annual fees for emergency generators attached to larger permitted units. Lewis said the bill excludes emergency generators and exempts backup generators from fees when they operate 100 hours or less for nonemergency uses such as…
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