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Senator introduces renewable-energy sales-tax exemption bill, sponsors plan to lower size threshold
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 19 was introduced to define renewable energy sources and exempt qualifying generation projects from sales tax for construction and interconnection. Sponsors said they will lower the minimum size threshold (from 1 megawatt toward 10 kilowatts) to include small farm and community projects; environmental groups raised concerns about air impacts from certain waste-to-energy proposals.
Senator Blackham introduced the first substitute to Senate Bill 19, a task-force bill proposing sales-tax exemptions for construction and interconnection equipment at qualifying renewable-energy generation facilities. The measure would cover generation from biomass, water, wind, solar and geothermal sources and would include certain waste-product…
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