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Committee adopts amended municipal net‑metering bill after heated debate over decommissioning and tariff length
Summary
The committee on April 13 adopted SB 538 FN as amended after rejecting an amendment that would have required municipal project owners to post 150% escrow for end‑of‑life recycling. Members ultimately approved a narrower amendment changing the tariff/financing term to 15 years; the bill passed committee 18–0 as amended.
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee voted April 13 to advance Senate Bill 538 FN, which extends net‑metering eligibility terms for municipal energy projects, after a contentious debate over environmental and financing provisions.
Representative Summers introduced an amendment (1462H) that would have required owners or operators of affected municipal projects to secure an irrevocable letter of credit equal to 150% of estimated removal, transport and recycling costs for modules and components that contain hazardous materials. Summers described the change as a way to ensure disposal and recycling costs for materials such as cadmium‑telluride and other panel components would not fall…
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