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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 1086

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Relating to: the use of reclaimed nonmetallic mining sites for construction of solar projects requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity or a certificate of authority from the Public Service Commission. (FE)

Energy conservation Mines pits and quarries Public service commission Public utility

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from beginning construction of a large electric

generating facility (LEGF) unless the Public Service Commission grants a certificate

of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) for the proposed facility. An LEGF is

defined as a facility with a nominal operating capacity of 100 megawatts or more.

In addition, a public utility may not engage in certain construction, expansion, or

other projects unless PSC grants a certificate of authority (CA) for the proposed

project. Current law prohibits PSC from issuing either a CPCN or a CA unless it

determines that brownfields are used to the extent practicable. This bill requires

that, for solar projects, PSC may not issue a CPCN or CA unless it determines that

reclaimed nonmetallic mining sites are used to the extent practicable. The bill

specifies that the reclamation must have occurred no earlier than 2010. Under the

bill, a solar project is the construction or installation of solar photovoltaic panels or

other devices used for collecting solar energy in order to generate electricity.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Smith

  2. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 4, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received