Providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill provides utility aid payments to counties and municipalities where energy storage facilities are located. Under the bill, the Department of Administration distributes to each city and village in which an energy storage facility is located two-thirds of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility’s megawatt capacity by $2,000, and DOA distributes to the county in which such a facility is located one-third of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility’s megawatt capacity by $2,000. DOA distributes to each town in which an energy storage facility is located one-third of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility’s megawatt capacity by $2,000, and DOA distributes to the county in which such a facility is located two-thirds of the amount calculated by multiplying the facility’s megawatt capacity by $2,000.

The bill defines an “energy storage facility” as property owned by a light, heat, and power company, electric cooperative, or municipal electric company that receives electrical energy, stores the energy in a different form, and converts that other form of energy back to electrical energy for sale or to use to provide reliability or economic benefits to the electric grid. Under the bill, “energy storage facility” includes hydroelectric pumped storage, compressed air energy storage, regenerative fuel cells, batteries, and similar technologies.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its authors⁠. 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

17 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DOR

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo