Phil Pavlov voted Nay (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Renewable Electricity Standards
Signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm
Title: Renewable Electricity Standards
Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes renewable energy standards for electric utilities with a goal of obtaining 10 percent of state electric power from renewable sources by 2015.
- Requires electric providers with 1 to 2 million customers in the state as of January 1, 2008 to achieve a 200 megawatt renewable energy capacity by December 31, 2013 and 500 megawatts by December 31, 2015 [sec. 27 (a)]. - Requires electric providers with more than 2 million customers in the state as of January 1, 2008 to achieve a 300 megawatt renewable energy capacity by December 31, 2013 and 600 megawatts by December 31, 2015 [sec. 27 (b)]. - Allows the Public Services Commission (PSC) to grant electric providers up to two one-year extensions of the 2015 deadline if the provider submits a petition at least three months before the expiration and demonstrates a good faith effort to spend the full amount of incremental costs of compliance, but was unable to meet the renewable energy standard because a feasibility limitation, including, but not limited to, costs associated with zoning requirements, permits, equipment, time requirements for electric transmission and interconnection, system reliability, and labor shortages (Sec. 31). - Requires electric providers whose rates are regulated by the PSC to recover the costs of compliance with the renewable energy standards by administering an itemized charge on the customer's bill as long as the rate is not more than [sec. 45 (4)]:
Title: Renewable Electricity Standards
Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes renewable energy standards for electric utilities with a goal of obtaining 10 percent of state electric power from renewable sources by 2015.
- Requires electric providers with 1 to 2 million customers in the state as of January 1, 2008 to achieve a 200 megawatt renewable energy capacity by December 31, 2013 and 500 megawatts by December 31, 2015 [sec. 27 (a)]. - Requires electric providers with more than 2 million customers in the state as of January 1, 2008 to achieve a 300 megawatt renewable energy capacity by December 31, 2013 and 600 megawatts by December 31, 2015 [sec. 27 (b)]. - Allows the Public Services Commission (PSC) to grant electric providers up to two one-year extensions of the 2015 deadline if the provider submits a petition at least three months before the expiration and demonstrates a good faith effort to spend the full amount of incremental costs of compliance, but was unable to meet the renewable energy standard because a feasibility limitation, including, but not limited to, costs associated with zoning requirements, permits, equipment, time requirements for electric transmission and interconnection, system reliability, and labor shortages (Sec. 31). - Requires electric providers whose rates are regulated by the PSC to recover the costs of compliance with the renewable energy standards by administering an itemized charge on the customer's bill as long as the rate is not more than [sec. 45 (4)]:
Title: Renewable Electricity Standards