CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5292

 

 

                   Chapter 190, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

MAJOR PUBLIC ENERGY PROJECTS--DEFINITION

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

 

Passed by the Senate March 11, 2002

  YEAS 39   NAYS 8

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 8, 2002

  YEAS 76   NAYS 20

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5292 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approved March 27, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 27, 2002 - 9:10 a.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5292

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Water (originally sponsored by Senators T. Sheldon, McDonald, Fraser, Hochstatter, Regala, Stevens, Kastama, Snyder, Honeyford, Patterson, Eide and Hale)

 

READ FIRST TIME 02/19/01.

Modifying definitions of public energy projects.   


    AN ACT Relating to modifying definitions of public energy projects; and amending RCW 80.52.030.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 80.52.030 and 1995 c 69 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

    (1) "Public agency" means a public utility district, joint operating agency, city, county, or any other state governmental agency, entity, or political subdivision.

    (2) "Major public energy project" means a plant or installation capable, or intended to be capable, of generating electricity in an amount greater than ((two)) three hundred fifty megawatts, measured using maximum continuous electric generating capacity, less minimum auxiliary load, at average ambient temperature and pressure.  Where two or more such plants are located within the same geographic site, each plant shall be considered a major public energy project.  An addition to an existing facility is not deemed to be a major energy project unless the addition itself is capable, or intended to be capable, of generating electricity in an amount greater than ((two)) three hundred fifty megawatts.  A project which is under construction on July 1, 1982, shall not be considered a major public energy project unless the official agency budget or estimate for total construction costs for the project as of July 1, 1982, is more than two hundred percent of the first official estimate of total construction costs as specified in the senate energy and utilities committee WPPSS inquiry report, volume one, January 12, 1981, and unless, as of July 1, 1982, the projected remaining cost of construction for that project exceeds two hundred million dollars.

    (3) "Cost of construction" means the total cost of planning and building a major public energy project and placing it into operation, including, but not limited to, planning cost, direct construction cost, licensing cost, cost of fuel inventory for the first year's operation, interest, and all other costs incurred prior to the first day of full operation, whether or not incurred prior to July 1, 1982.

    (4) "Cost of acquisition" means the total cost of acquiring a major public energy project from another party, including, but not limited to, principal and interest costs.

    (5) "Bond" means a revenue bond, a general obligation bond, or any other indebtedness issued by a public agency or its assignee.

    (6) "Applicant" means a public agency, or the assignee of a public agency, requesting the secretary of state to conduct an election pursuant to this chapter.

    (7) "Cost-effective" means that a project or resource is forecast:

    (a) To be reliable and available within the time it is needed; and

    (b) To meet or reduce the electric power demand of the intended consumers at an estimated incremental system cost no greater than that of the least-cost similarly reliable and available alternative project or resource, or any combination thereof.

    (8) "System cost" means an estimate of all direct costs of a project or resource over its effective life, including, if applicable, the costs of distribution to the consumer, and, among other factors, waste disposal costs, end-of-cycle costs, and fuel costs (including projected increases), and such quantifiable environmental costs and benefits as are directly attributable to the project or resource.


    Passed the Senate March 11, 2002.

    Passed the House March 8, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2002.