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Committee backs narrower path for co‑located clean energy projects, adopts HB 4,076 dash‑1
Summary
The House Climate, Energy and Environment Committee heard public testimony and adopted the dash‑1 amendment to House Bill 4,076, which creates a narrow pathway for 'surplus interconnection' projects to receive Energy Facility Siting Council goal compliance if they can connect within 2 miles of an existing facility; the measure was moved to the floor with a do‑pass recommendation.
The House Climate and Energy Committee on Thursday considered House Bill 4,076, a measure that would let certain new solar and storage projects use underutilized interconnection capacity at existing energy facilities and obtain Energy Facility Siting Council (FSEC) goal compliance if they do not require transmission lines more than 2 miles from an existing certified site. Chair Lively opened the public hearing and the committee later adopted the bill’s dash‑1 amendment and moved the measure to the floor with a do‑pass recommendation.
Scott Bolton, representing Bright Knight Power, testified in support, saying the dash‑1 amendment ‘‘allows more room to work with’’ and gives developers ‘‘a little bit longer [to] maneuver’’ so projects can avoid sensitive farmland or wildlife habitat while using existing interconnection points. Bolton described surplus…
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