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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 838

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Relating to: an incumbent transmission facility owner's right to construct, own, and maintain certain transmission facilities.

Electric 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

This bill grants to an incumbent transmission facility owner the right to

construct, own, and maintain a transmission facility that has been approved for

construction in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator's (MISO)

transmission plan and that connects to transmission facilities owned by that

incumbent transmission facility owner. Under the bill, an “incumbent transmission

facility owner” is a transmission company or a cooperative or public utility that owns

a transmission facility and provides transmission service in this state. Under

current law, MISO is an organization that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission and that coordinates and controls electric

transmission in a region of the country that includes this state. The bill provides that

the right to construct, own, and maintain a transmission facility that connects to

transmission facilities owned by two or more incumbent transmission facility owners

belongs individually and proportionally to each incumbent transmission facility

owner, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bradley (R) , Pfaff (D) , Roth (R) , Wanggaard (R)

6 cosponsors

Kuglitsch (R) , Murphy (R) , Smith (D) , Steffen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Vorpagel (R)

Full history

  1. Jan 13, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bradley, Roth, Pfaff and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Steffen and Tauchen

  2. Jan 13, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications

  3. Jan 13, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 24, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Murphy added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 2, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1