SB 5287 - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

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 2009;

(2) That the eligible renewable resource percentage of total annual electric usage is at least fifty percent in fiscal years 2010 through 2011;

(3) That the eligible renewable resource percentage of total annual electric usage is at least seventy-five percent in fiscal years 2012 through 2013; and

(4) That the eligible renewable resource percentage of total annual electric usage is at least one hundred percent in fiscal year 2014 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 2009 and every year thereafter.