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BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1871: Alt. energy facility siting

Establishing a moratorium on the siting of alternative energy facilities through the energy facility site evaluation council process pending a comprehensive performance report on the effects of the energy independence act and the recommendations of a joint legislative committee.

Summary

  • Directs the Department of Commerce to complete a report on alternative energy siting inequity by December 2022, with consultation from a utility technical advisory group that the Department of Commerce must form.
  • Establishes a Joint Select Committee on alternative energy facility siting, to make recommendations to the Legislature by December 2023.
  • Prohibits the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council from submitting recommendations to the Governor and prohibits the Governor from acting on pending recommendations related to proposed alternative energy facilities until the Department of Commerce’s 2022 report and the Joint Select Committee’s 2023 recommendations are published.

From the House Bill Analysis 2022 (HB 1871), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 10, 2022
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mark Klicker (R-16)
Introduced
January 10, 2022 in the House
Last action
January 10, 2022
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to establishing a moratorium on the siting of alternative energy facilities through the energy facility site evaluation council process pending a comprehensive performance report on the effects of the energy independence act and the recommendations of a joint legislative committee;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mark Klicker (R-16)

4 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 4 Republicans)

Tom Dent R-13Rob Chase R-4Alex Ybarra R-13Representative R-39

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. First reading, referred to Environment & Energy.
  2. Prefiled for introduction.

HB 1871 in other sessions

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