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Committee hears bid-threshold changes for consumer-owned utilities to speed clean-energy projects
Summary
A substitute bill would raise procurement thresholds and allow narrow noncompetitive waivers to speed long-lead clean-energy and grid projects for public utility districts; utilities, labor and county and industry groups testified in support while committee members pressed for guardrails to prevent favoritism.
A state Senate committee on Tuesday heard substitute Senate Bill 6,076, which would raise procurement and self-performance thresholds for public utility districts (PUDs) and create a narrow waiver process intended to accelerate construction of generation, transmission and distribution projects.
Elizabeth Ren, committee staff, said the bill would, until Jan. 1, 2045, require contracts for PUD work on certain nonemitting energy projects estimated to cost more than $500,000 while increasing the permissible self-performance (prudent utility management) threshold to $1,000,000 and raising allowable contract overage limits from…
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