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Panel trims solar text but keeps audit and decommissioning requirements in SB 323 draft
Summary
Lawmakers removed most of the solar section from draft 3.2 but retained language requiring lifecycle/greenhouse-gas audits for new solar licensing and decommissioning compliance; presenters said many facilities already meet those standards.
The committee reviewed the solar section of SB 323 draft 3.2 and removed most substantive provisions, but retained requirements that new solar facilities undergo lifecycle and greenhouse-gas audits and comply with decommissioning requirements.
A presenter noted the committee had largely agreed on the remaining language and that licensing already tends to require decommissioning plans; the clause aims to make explicit lifecycle auditing and decommissioning obligations for new projects.
Members said they had discussed the draft with absent sponsor Ellen and with Peter Sterling previously, and that staff would finalize technical language before the bill proceeds. No formal decision or vote was recorded during this session.
