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Committee advances amended repeal of nuclear electricity tax exemption, folding nuclear and solar into $1/MWh framework
Summary
After testimony from TerraPower, NEI, mining groups and business coalitions, the Revenue Committee amended 26LSO190 to repeal the standalone nuclear exemption and instead place nuclear (and solar) under a $1 per megawatt‑hour generation framework aligned with the wind MWh tax (three‑year start window); the amended measure passed the committee 9–3.
The Revenue Committee advanced, as amended, a measure that removes a special long‑term sales tax exemption for "advanced" nuclear reactors and brings nuclear and solar generation into the same $1 per megawatt‑hour framework as the existing wind MWh provision with a three‑year start window.
TerraPower and industry groups urged the committee not to repeal the exemption. "Repealing the nuclear electricity tax exemption would fundamentally change the state's…
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