Key Votes
S 2214 - Amends Renewable Energy Contract Requirements - Key Vote
Massachusetts Key Votes
Robert DeLeo voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
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Stages
- July 5, 2012 Senate Nonconcurrence Vote Passed
- June 27, 2012 House Bill Passed
- April 5, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 24, 2011 Introduced
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Legislation - Nonconcurrence Vote Passed (Senate) - July 5, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (135-16) - June 27, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Amends Renewable Energy Contract Requirements
Vote to pass a bill that amends renewable energy contract requirements.
- Requires electric companies to solicit proposals for long-term contracts from renewable energy developers 2 times in each of the following periods, whereas existing law required 2 solicitations in a 5 year period (Secs. 40 & 41):
- July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2012; and
- January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2016.
- Defines “long-term contract” as a contract with a term of 10 to 20 years (Sec. 41).
- Requires electric companies to enter into cost-effective long-term contracts with renewable energy developers to facilitate the financing of renewable energy generation in the period between July 1, 2009 and December 31, 2012 (Sec. 40).
- Requires electric companies to enter into additional cost-effective long-term contracts with renewable energy developers in the period between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2016 (Sec. 41).
- Requires the timetable and method for solicitation of long-term contracts with renewable energy developers adhere to the following criteria (Secs. 40 & 41):
- Is jointly proposed by the electricity companies and Department of Energy Resources;
- Is subject to approval by the Department of public utilities; and
- Is a competitive bidding process.
- Authorizes an electric company to cap the total energy demand supplied by long-term renewable energy contracts at no more than 4 percent of the total energy demand in that company’s service territory, whereas existing law authorizes a 3 percent cap (Sec. 41).
- Reduces the annual investment return an electric company can receive from 4 percent to an amount equal to the following (Sec. 41):
- The company’s cost for accepting the financial obligation of a long-term contract; and
- Up to 1 percent of the annual payments under the contract.
- Establishes a voluntary energy-efficiency rebate pilot program that will be available to the 5 largest electric users and the 5 largest gas users in each utility service territory that will fund up to 100 percent of a user’s cost for qualified energy efficiency measures, effective January 1, 2013 (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes hydroelectric power to count towards the commonwealth’s renewable and alternative energy generation goals (Sec. 42).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (39-0) - April 5, 2012
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 24, 2011
Title: Amends Renewable Energy Contract Requirements
