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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 649

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goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, for construction of zero net energy buildings and for energy conservation; information, analyses, reports, education, and training concerning greenhouse gas emissions and climate change; energy efficiency and renewable resource programs; renewable energy requirements of electric utilities and retail cooperatives; requiring electric utilities to purchase renewable energy from certain renewable facilities in their service territories; authority of the Public Service Commission over nuclear power plants; motor vehicle emission limitations; a low carbon standard for transportation fuels; the brownfield site assessment grant program, the main street program, the brownfields grant program, the forward innovation fund, grants to local governments for planning activities, the transportation facilities economic assistance and development program, a model parking ordinance; surface transportation planning by the Department of Transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; environmental evaluations for transportation projects; idling limits for certain vehicles; energy conservation codes for public buildings, places of employment, one- and two-family dwellings, and agricultural facilities; design standards for state buildings; energy efficiency standards for certain consumer audio and video devices, boiler inspection requirements; greenhouse gas emissions and energy use by certain state agencies and state assistance to school districts in achieving energy efficiencies; creating an exception to local levy limits for amounts spent on energy efficiency measures; creating an energy crop reserve program; identification of private forest land, promoting sequestration of carbon in forests, qualifying practices and cost-share requirements under the forest grant program established by the Department of Natural Resources; air pollution permits for certain stationary sources reducing greenhouse gas emissions; allocating a portion of existing tax-exempt industrial development revenue bonding to clean energy manufacturing facilities and renewable power generating facilities; requiring a report on certain programs to limit greenhouse gas emissions; granting rule-making authority; requiring the exercise of rule-making authority; and providing a penalty.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill contains numerous provisions relating to reducing greenhouse gas

emissions, and increasing energy efficiency and the use of renewable resources to

produce energy.

Greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

This bill specifies goals for statewide reductions in net greenhouse gas

emissions. The goals are: that the amount of emissions in 2014 does not exceed the

amount in 2005; that the amount of emissions in 2022 is at least 22 percent less than

the amount in 2005; and that the amount of emissions in 2050 and thereafter is at

least 75 percent less than the amount in 2005. The bill requires the Department of

Natural Resources (DNR) to quadrennially assess progress toward meeting the

goals.

Zero net energy building goal

This bill specifies that it is the goal of this state that by 2030 each newly

constructed residential or commercial building will use no more energy than is

generated on-site using renewable resources. The bill requires the Department of

Commerce (Commerce) to quadrennially assess progress toward meeting the goal.

Energy conservation goals

This bill specifies goals for reductions in projected statewide consumption of

electricity, liquified petroleum gas, heating oil, and natural gas by percentages

specified in the bill. The bill requires the Public Service Commission (PSC) to

quadrennially assess progress toward meeting the goals.

Information, analyses, and reports

This bill requires DNR to collect or estimate information on greenhouse gas

emissions, to prepare inventories and analyses of greenhouse gas emissions, and to

quadrennially prepare an assessment of whether this state is meeting current

greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and of whether the state is likely to meet

future goals. The bill requires DNR to propose new climate change programs or

changes in existing programs or goals.

The bill creates the Climate Change Coordinating Council (council), consisting

of the heads of specified state agencies or their designees, and requires the council

to make recommendations on climate change policy to the legislature and the

governor based on DNR's assessments and other information. The bill also requires

the council to promote and coordinate educational and training programs related to

climate change.

Under current DNR rules, the threshold for a stationary source of air emissions

to report its emissions of carbon dioxide is 100,000 tons per year. The bill requires

DNR to lower the threshold to 10,000 tons per year and to require a source that must

report its emissions of carbon dioxide to also report methane and nitrous oxide

emissions from the combustion of fuel.

Energy efficiency and renewable resource programs

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Black (D) , Soletski (D) , by request of Governor James E. Doyle

2 cosponsors

Miller (D) , Plale (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by special committee on Clean Energy Jobs, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Apr 16, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 6, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Black and Soletski, by request of Governor James E. Doyle;Cosponsored by Senators Miller and Plale

  2. Jan 6, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to special committee on Clean Energy Jobs

  3. Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 2, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Feb 26, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Mar 1, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Mar 9, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Black and Soletski

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  15. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by special committee on Clean Energy Jobs, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  16. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by special committee on Clean Energy Jobs, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  17. Apr 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to Calendar

  18. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Hraychuck

  19. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Hraychuck, Shilling, Smith, Dexter and Danou

  20. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Vruwink

  21. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Black

  22. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 5 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  23. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 6 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  24. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 7 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  25. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 8 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  26. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 9 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  27. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 10 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  28. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 11 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  29. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 12 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  30. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 13 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  31. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 14 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  32. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 15 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  33. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 16 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  34. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 17 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  35. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 18 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  36. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 19 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  37. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 20 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  38. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 21 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  39. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 22 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  40. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 23 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  41. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 24 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery and Gunderson

  42. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 25 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Richards, Parisi, Mason and Kessler

  43. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:07 A.M. on 4-22-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  44. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1