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Committee hears bill to raise PUD self-performance thresholds and speed renewable projects
Summary
Substitute Senate Bill 6076 would raise PUD self-performance and procurement thresholds, allow limited waivers of competitive bidding for certain renewable and transmission projects until 2045, and aims to shorten procurement delays and address an infrastructure backlog according to union and PUD witnesses.
Committee staff told lawmakers Substitute Senate Bill 6076 would make several changes to the authority of consumer-owned utilities — primarily public utility districts (PUDs) — to self-perform certain public-works projects and to waive competitive bidding for certain energy-related purchases through 2045. "First, until 2045, for projects up to $500,000 in value, PUDs would not be required to contract for work that relates to non-emitting electric generation, energy storage,…
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