CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6135
Chapter 63, Laws of 2020
66TH LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
ELECTRIC ENERGY RESOURCES--ADEQUACY--PLANNING
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2020
Passed by the Senate February 17, 2020 Yeas 47 Nays 0 CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate Passed by the House March 6, 2020 Yeas 97 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6135 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary Secretary |
Approved March 18, 2020 11:06 AM | FILED March 18, 2020 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6135
Passed Legislature - 2020 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2020 Regular Session |
BySenate Environment, Energy & Technology (originally sponsored by Senators Sheldon, Carlyle, and Short)
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/20.
AN ACT Relating to system reliability during the clean energy transformation act implementation; adding a new section to chapter
19.280 RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the Northwest's power system is undergoing significant changes, including the retirement of baseload power generation resources, changes in hydroelectric output, and increases in distributed generation and variable renewable generation. Maintaining the adequacy, sufficiency, and availability of power supply to the growing populace in the Northwest is critical to the future of the region. Additional information sharing and coordination among utilities, planning entities, and state agencies is necessary to ensure that the region is adapting to the changing power system while maintaining the adequacy, sufficiency, and availability of the power supply for the region.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter
19.280 RCW to read as follows:
(1) At least once every twelve months, the department and the commission shall jointly convene a meeting of representatives of the investor-owned utilities and consumer-owned utilities, regional planning organizations, transmission operators, and other stakeholders to discuss the current, short-term, and long-term adequacy of energy resources to serve the state's electric needs, and address specific steps the utilities can take to coordinate planning in light of the significant changes to the Northwest's power system including, but not limited to, technological developments, retirements of legacy baseload power generation resources, and changes in laws and regulations affecting power supply options. The department and commission shall provide a summary of these meetings, including any specific action items, to the governor and legislature within sixty days of the meeting.
(2) This section expires January 1, 2025.
Passed by the Senate February 17, 2020.
Passed by the House March 6, 2020.
Approved by the Governor March 18, 2020.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 2020.
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