SHB 1994 -
By Representative Finn
NOT CONSIDERED 04/26/2009
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 19.29A.060 and 2000 c 213 s 4 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Each retail supplier shall disclose the fuel mix of each
electricity product it offers to retail electric customers as follows:
(a) For an electricity product comprised entirely of declared
resources, a retail supplier shall disclose the fuel mix for the
electricity product based on the quantity of electric generation from
those declared resources for the previous calendar year and any
adjustment, if taken, available under subsection (((6))) (5) of this
section.
(b) For an electricity product comprised of no declared resources,
a retail supplier shall report the fuel mix for the electricity product
as the fuel mix of net system power for the previous calendar year, as
determined by the electricity information coordinator under RCW
19.29A.080.
(c) For an electricity product comprised of a combination of
declared resources and the net system power, a retail supplier shall
disclose the fuel mix for the electricity product as a weighted average
of the megawatt-hours from declared resources and the megawatt-hours
from the net system power mix for the previous calendar year according
to the proportion of declared resources and net system power contained
in the electricity product.
(2) The disclosures required by this section shall identify the
percentage of the total electricity product sold by a retail supplier
during the previous calendar year from each of the following
categories:
(a) Coal generation;
(b) Hydroelectric generation;
(c) Natural gas generation;
(d) Nuclear generation; and
(e) Other generation, except that when a component of the other
generation category meets or exceeds two percent of the total
electricity product sold by a retail supplier during the previous
calendar year, the retail supplier shall identify the component or
components and display the fuel mix percentages for these component
sources, which may include, but are not limited to: (i) Biomass
generation; (ii) geothermal generation; (iii) landfill gas generation;
(iv) oil generation; (v) solar generation; (vi) waste incineration; or
(vii) wind generation. A retail supplier may voluntarily identify any
component or components within the other generation category that
comprises two percent or less of annual sales.
(3) Retail suppliers may separately report a subcategory of natural
gas generation to identify high efficiency cogeneration.
(4) ((Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a
retail supplier cannot include in the disclosure label any
environmental quality or environmental impact qualifier related to any
of the generation categories disclosed.)) For the portion of an electricity product purchased from the
Bonneville power administration, retail suppliers may disclose the
Bonneville power administration system mix.
(5)
(((6))) (5) A retail supplier may adjust its reported fuel mix for
known changes in its declared resources for the current year based on
any changes in its sources of electricity supply from either generation
or contracts. If a retail supplier changes its fuel mix during a
calendar year, it shall report those changes to the electricity
information coordinator.
(((7))) (6) Disclosure of the fuel mix information required in this
section shall be made in the following uniform format: A tabular
format with two columns, where the first column shall alphabetically
list each category and the second column shall display the
corresponding percentage of the total that each category represents.
The percentage shall be reported as a numeric value rounded to the
nearest one percent. The percentages listed for the categories
identified must sum to one hundred percent with the table displaying
such a total.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 19.29A RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Each retail supplier shall annually disclose the greenhouse gas
emissions and emissions intensity for each electricity product it
offers to retail electric customers. To calculate the greenhouse gas
emissions and emissions intensity, each retail supplier must use data
collected under the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions rules adopted
by the department of ecology under RCW 70.94.151. Disclosure of
greenhouse gas emissions and emissions intensity for each electricity
product must:
(a) Specify the total greenhouse gas emissions and emissions
intensity for the retail supplier as a percentage of the total
kilowatt-hours;
(b) Specify the household total of greenhouse gas emissions and
emissions intensity per household as a percentage of the total
kilowatt-hours; and
(c) Specify both the retail supplier and the household total
greenhouse gas emissions by fuel category and the emissions intensity
as a percentage of the total kilowatt-hours per fuel category.
(2) Disclosure of the greenhouse gas emissions and emissions
intensity information under subsection (1) of this section must be made
in a tabular format. The percentages listed in subsection (1) of this
section, when summed, will equal total emissions and one hundred
percent of the kilowatt-hours for the retail supplier and household.
(3) The department, in coordination with the department of ecology,
shall develop a data collection process that:
(a) Maintains the existing fuel mix disclosure process; and
(b) Informs the data collection process conducted by the department
of ecology under their greenhouse gas emissions reporting rules adopted
under RCW 70.94.151."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Strikes the provisions of the substitute bill. Removes the provision in existing law that restricts electric utilities from including environmental information as part of their fuel mix reporting. Provides that each electric utility shall disclose greenhouse gas emissions and emission intensity for electricity supplied to retail customers. Specifies that greenhouse gas emissions and emissions intensity must be calculated using data collected under the department of ecology's greenhouse gas emissions rules. Specifies how the greenhouse gas emissions information must be disclosed. Directs the department of community, trade, and economic development to work with the department of ecology to develop a data collection process for greenhouse gas emissions information.