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Senate debates energy bills aimed at preserving reliability and broadening 'clean' energy definition
Summary
Senators debated measures that require additional review before retiring generation facilities and that change statutory language from 'renewable' to 'clean' to include noncarbon technologies. Sponsors framed the bills as protections for reliability; critics warned of isolating Utah from regional benefits.
On the floor the Senate debated a package of energy-related measures intended to protect reliability and update statutory language.
Senator Winterton described second substitute House Bill 191 as a measure that "will just keep our lights on," saying the Public Service Commission should assess whether early retirement of generation units…
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