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House adopts bill to protect coal-related contracts, seeks notification before fuel shifts
Summary
Senate Bill 94 passed the Utah House 67–0 on March 6, 2012, permitting replacement generation at an existing out‑of‑state-situs plant and including intent language requiring 120 days' notice before fuel shifting from coal to gas, a provision sponsors said would protect local jobs and existing contracts.
The Utah House voted unanimously March 6 to approve Senate Bill 94, a measure sponsors said is designed to preserve existing generation contracts and protect in-state coal-industry jobs while accommodating eventual fuel changes.
Representative Wright, the bill sponsor on the floor, told members the measure allows an out-of-state purchaser to proceed with defined "replacement" projects so that the plant can continue to operate under existing contracts without adding net new…
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