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SF 3285 Senate Long Description

Relating to energy

ARTICLE 1 - CONSERVATION

Modifying energy conservation improvement provisions relating to definitions, public utility, municipality and cooperative requirements and options; removing low-income programs

ARTICLE 2 - RENEWABLE ENERGY

Modifying renewable energy objectives; exempting renewable energy from the sales and use tax

ARTICLE 3 - NUCLEAR POWER

Authorizing the public utilities commission (PUC) to issue a certificate of need for a new nuclear-powered electric generating plant

ARTICLE 4 - REPEALERS

Repealing the community-based energy development tariff, curtailment payments, renewable energy objectives compliance, energy conservation policy goal, decoupling of energy sales from revenues, the state government energy-savings plan, energy policy goals, greenhouse gas emissions control, failure to adopt greenhouse gas control plan, greenhouse gas emissions consideration in resource planning
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