2198-S AMH SHOR RICH 084

                

SHB 2198 - H AMD TO H AMD (2198-S AMH MORR RICH 078) 1170

By Representative Short

 

    On page 1, beginning on line 4 of the amendment, strike all of sections 1 through 3

 

    Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

 

    Correct the title.

 

 

 

    EFFECT:  Removes provisions that require an electric utility as part of its integrated resources plan (IRP) to provide an analysis describing how energy storage will meet current and projected needs at the lowest reasonable cost to the utility and its ratepayers. Removes provisions that require an electric utility as part of its IRP to assess renewable energy systems or renewable resources on the utility and distributed generation scale. Removes provisions that require an investor owned utility to include a proposal in its IRP for recovering incurred costs associated with an energy storage system as part of a renewable energy system or renewable resource. Removes provisions that require the Utilities and Transportation Commission (Commission) to develop a cost recovery method that would allow an investor owned utility (IOU) to recover the prudent costs of acquiring or purchasing an energy storage system whose cost is in the lowest quartile of available resources as determined in the utility's integrated resource plan. Removes provisions that require an electric utility serving less than twenty-five thousand customers to provide in their resource plans an explanation of why energy storage was chosen or not and why that decision was made. Removes the IRP definition section.  Removes the intent section.   

 

 

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