5840-S.E AMH .... RICH 237

ESSB 5840 - H AMD TO H AMD(H-3356.1) 754

By Representative McCoy

WITHDRAWN 4/17/2009

    On page 6, line 34 of the striking amendment, after "(((c))) (g)" insert "As of January 1, 2016, a qualifying utility that has between one hundred fifty thousand and two hundred thousand retail customers shall be considered in compliance with the annual target in (a) of this subsection if: (i) The utility’s weather-adjusted load growth for the previous three years on average is no more than two-tenths of one percent over that time period; (ii) the utility did not commence or renew ownership or incremental purchase of electricity from resources other than renewable resources other than on a daily spot price basis and the electricity is not offset by equivalent renewable energy credits; and (iii) the utility invests at least one percent of its total annual retail revenue requirement that year on the incremental cost of eligible renewable resources, renewable energy credits, or a combination of both.

(h)"

    Renumber the subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:  Provides a qualifying utility that has between 150,000 retail customers and 200,000 retail customers with an alternative method of compliance with renewable resource target requirements.

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