Senate Amendment 5212


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend House File 2399, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 476.6, subsection 16, paragraph
     1  5 b, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1  6    b.  A gas and electric utility required to be
     1  7 rate=regulated under this chapter shall assess
     1  8 potential energy and capacity savings available
     1  9 from actual and projected customer usage by applying
     1 10 commercially available technology and improved
     1 11 operating practices to energy=using equipment and
     1 12 buildings.  The utility shall also assess projected
     1 13 energy demand for the succeeding twenty=year period,
     1 14 options for meeting the projected demand including
     1 15 but not limited to energy efficiency, cogeneration
     1 16 of electricity and transmission improvements, and
     1 17 projected environmental impacts during the twenty=year
     1 18 period, including greenhouse gas emissions. The
     1 19 utility shall submit the assessment to the board. Upon
     1 20 receipt of the assessment, the board shall consult with
     1 21 the office of energy independence to develop specific
     1 22 capacity and energy savings performance standards
     1 23 for each utility. The utility shall submit an energy
     1 24 efficiency plan which shall include economically
     1 25 achievable programs designed to attain these energy
     1 26 and capacity performance standards. The board shall
     1 27 periodically report the energy efficiency results
     1 28 including energy savings of each utility to the general
     1 29 assembly.>
     1 30 #2.  Title page, line 1, after <Act> by inserting
     1 31 <relating to public utilities by>
     1 32 #3.  Title page, line 6, after <facility,> by
     1 33 inserting <requiring projected energy demand and
     1 34 environmental impact assessments,>
     1 35 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          ROBERT M.  HOGG
          HF2399.2007 (2) 83
          rn/sc

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