Last Action | 03/29/23: became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 118) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units and declaring an emergency. |
Bill Documents |
Acts Chapter 118
Current/Final Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1031 |
Sponsors | R. Mills, P. Wheeler, G. Boswell, J. Carpenter, R. Girdler, J. Howell, B. Storm, L. Tichenor, J. Turner, S. West, W. Westerfield, G. Williams, M. Wise |
Summary of Original Version | Create new sections of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving a request by a utility to retire a coal-fired electric generator unless the utility demonstrates that the retirement will not have a negative impact on the reliability or the resilience of the electric grid or the affordability of the customer's electric utility rate; require the Public Service Commission to submit an annual report on retirements of electric generating units by December 1 to the Legislative Research Commission; EMERGENCY. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Effective Dates, Emergency - Public Service Commission, retirement of electric generating units, authorization Energy - Utilities, electric generating units, retirement Fuel - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Minerals and Mining - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Oil and Natural Gas - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Public Utilities - Public Service Commission, retirement of electric generating units, authorization Coal - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Cooperatives - Utilities, electric generating units, retirement Reports Mandated - Public Service Commission, retirement of electric generating units |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Floor Amendment 1 Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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03/29/23 |
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Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Retain original provisions; make changes to the definitions for "electric generating unit," "regional transmission organization," and "reliability"; provide that the Public Service Commission shall have the authority to approve or deny the retirement of an electric generating unit owned by a utility; provide for application requirements and determination deadlines for approval of retiring an electric generating unit; prohibit a utility from recovering for stranded assets unless the conditions of the section are satisfied; require that the nameplate capacity for each electric generating unit that a utility has requested to retire in the previous year be included in the annual report submitted to the Legislative Research .Commission; EMERGENCY. |
Index Headings |
Effective Dates, Emergency - Public Service Commission, retirement of electric generating units, authorization Energy - Utilities, electric generating units, retirement Fuel - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Minerals and Mining - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Oil and Natural Gas - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Public Utilities - Public Service Commission, retirement of electric generating units, authorization Reports Mandated - Public Service Commission, retirement of electric generating units Coal - Fossil-fired electric generating units, retirement Cooperatives - Utilities, electric generating units, retirement |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | R. Mills |
Summary | Delete reference to Kentucky customers for a finding of reliability and resilience during peak demand; require the Public Service Commission to gather utility specific information, if it is an ISO or RTO member, pertaining to risk of forced curtailments to Kentucky retail customers. |
Index Headings |
Coal - Risk of forced curtailments, electric generator retirement, commission information Energy - Risk of forced curtailments, ISO or RTO member, commission information Public Utilities - Risk of forced curtailments, electric generator retirement, commission information |
Amendment | Senate Floor Amendment 2 |
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Sponsor | R. Mills |
Summary | Delete the definitions for "independent system operator" and "regional transmission organization"; change the definitions for "reliability" and "resilience"; change the findings that the Public Service Commission must make to overcome the rebuttable presumption against the retirement of fossil fuel fired electric generating units; remove the commission's permissive authority to impose conditions on the retirement of a fossil fuel fired electric generating unit to promote or maintain reliable and resilient utility service. |
Index Headings |
Coal - Fossil fuel fired electric generating units, retirement, required Public Service Commission findings Oil and Natural Gas - Fossil fuel fired electric generating units, retirement, required Public Service Commission findings Public Utilities - Fossil fuel fired electric generating units, retirement, required Public Service Commission findings State Agencies - Public Service Commission, fossil fuel fired electric generating units, retirement, findings |
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