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Committee adopts emergency-backup carve-outs and reports CETA expansion bill out of committee amid heated debate
Summary
Lawmakers debated Substitute Senate Bill 5982, which would expand the Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA) to additional entities; the committee rejected one amendment, adopted two (including a de minimis fossil-fuel backup carve-out and an emergency-backup exemption) and reported the bill out of committee as amended after a roll-call vote.
A legislative committee advanced Substitute Senate Bill 5982 with amendments after extended debate on whether the Clean Energy Transformation Act should cover certain port districts and behind-the-meter generation.
Megan McFadden, committee staff, said the bill expands the types of entities subject to CETA to include some port districts that distribute electricity, certain consumer-owned utilities and nonresidential customers that purchase electricity from non-utilities, with specified exceptions. The committee considered three amendments in its executive bind-in book.
Amendment MCPH170…
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