SHB 1365 -
By Representative Upthegrove
ADOPTED 02/26/2011
On page 2, beginning on line 11, after "megawatts" strike all material through "Washington" on line 17 and insert "; or (b) solar photovoltaic generation at a facility located in Washington that is capable of generating not more than twenty average megawatts in a calendar year and has by July 31, 2012, either: (i) A site certification from the energy facility site evaluation council; or (ii) a land use permit from a local government"
On page 4, after line 8, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 19.285
RCW to read as follows:
For a qualifying utility to count distributed generation from a
solar photovoltaic generation facility as defined under RCW
19.285.030(9)(b) at double the facility's electrical output, the
facility must have installed solar modules of which at least one-half
were manufactured in Washington.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 If any provision of this act or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other
persons or circumstances is not affected."
EFFECT: Modifies the definition of distributed generation to specify that a solar photovoltaic generation facility must have either a site certification from the energy facility site evaluation council or a land use permit from a local government by July 31, 2012, rather than by the effective date of this section. Specifies that in order for a qualifying utility to count distributed generation from a solar photovoltaic generation facility at double the facility's electrical output, the facility must have installed solar modules of which at least one-half were manufactured in Washington. Adds a severability clause.