SB 5287-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that each state agency that is a retail electric customer shall use eligible renewable resources or acquire and retire equivalent renewable energy credits, or a combination of both, to meet the following electricity consumption targets: (1) That the eligible renewable resource percentage of total annual electric usage is at least twenty-five percent in fiscal year 2011;

(2) That the eligible renewable resource percentage of total annual electric usage is at least thirty-five percent in fiscal years 2015 through 2016; and

(3) That the eligible renewable resource percentage of total annual electric usage is at least fifty percent in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.

Directs the department of general administration to survey and report the efforts of state agencies in meeting the targets. The first report is due to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in December 2011 and every year thereafter.