Kentucky House Bill 146 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-11 - to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
Pending: House Natural Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 278.010 to define "participating third party" and "power purchase agreement" and to exclude both from the definition of "utility" and "retail electric supplier"; amend KRS 278.465 to include participating third parties and power purchase agreements in the definition of "eligible customer-generator" and "eligible electric generating facility" and to exclude both from the rated capacity limitation; amend KRS 278.466 to require the Public Service Commission to review and approve or deny power purchase agreements; authorize the commission to establish additional rules and requirements regarding participating third parties and power purchase agreements; deny power purchase agreements if the agreement results in rate increases for the retail electric supplier; require contracts for power purchase agreements to be identical to those offered to other customers; allow for eligible customer-generator installations to be transferrable; and amend KRS 278.467 to give original jurisdiction to the commission for disputes concerning power purchase agreements.

AN ACT relating to solar energy.

Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-11	House	to Natural Resources & Energy (H)
2019-01-10	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/19RS/hb146.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/19RS/hb146/orig_bill.pdf