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Senate passes Energy Security Amendments after debate on plant decommissioning and local impact
Summary
Senate approved second substitute Senate Bill 161 to revise how decommissioned generation facilities are handled, including offering state options before decommissioning and permitting alternatives to preserve capacity; the bill drew extended debate about reliability, governance and withheld audit records and passed 17‑10.
The Utah Senate on day 22 approved second substitute Senate Bill 161, titled "Energy Security Amendments," after an extended floor debate about energy reliability, local economic impacts and governance of a project entity that operates a generation facility.
Senator Owens, the bill sponsor, described SB 161 as four years in the making. He said the substitute removes certain time constraints, establishes a process for a project entity intending to decommission an electrical…
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