| Last Action | recommitted to Natural Resources & Environment (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating the electric generating units. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Bill Request Number | 1639 |
| Sponsors | J. Short, F. Steele, R. Adkins, C. Harris, K. Sinnette |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 224 to allocate ten percent of carbon dioxide emmissions allocated to the Commonwealth of Kentucky under 42 U.S.C. sec. 7411 (the Clean Air Act) to certain counties; establish the criteria by which counties with a coal-fired electric generating unit that retires after 2010 and before 2026 shall receive a percentage of the emission allowances; require that 50 percent of the emission allowances allocated to the utilities in the Commonwealth be returned to their ratepayers if their allowances equal their emissions; require that if the utilities sell the allowances that all proceeds of the sale be returned to the ratepayers. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Energy - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, Clean Air Act Environment and Conservation - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, coal-fired units, Clean Air Act Federal Laws and Regulations - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, Clean Air Act Local Government - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, counties with coal-fired units, Clean Air Act Pollution - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, coal-fired units, Clean Air Act Public Utilities - Rebates to ratepayers, coal-fired units, carbon emission allowances, Clean Air Act Coal - Coal-fired electric generating units, carbon emission allowances, Clean Air Act Counties - Allocation of carbon dioxide emissions to counties, coal-fired units, Clean Air Act |
| Proposed Amendments | House Floor Amendment 1 |
| 02/22/16 |
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| 02/23/16 |
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| 03/01/16 |
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| 03/03/16 |
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| 03/04/16 |
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| 03/08/16 |
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| 03/10/16 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | J. Short |
| Summary | Amend to include counties in which coal jobs decreased as a result of decreased coal production. |
| Index Headings |
Energy - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, Clean Air Act Environment and Conservation - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, coal-fired units, Clean Air Act Federal Laws and Regulations - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, Clean Air Act Local Government - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, counties with coal-fired units, Clean Air Act Pollution - Carbon emission allowances, allocation of, coal-fired units, Clean Air Act Public Utilities - Rebates to ratepayers, coal-fired units, carbon emission allowances, Clean Air Act Coal - Coal-fired electric generating units, carbon emission allowances, Clean Air Act Counties - Allocation of carbon dioxide emissions to counties, coal-fired units, Clean Air Act |
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