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HB16-1091

Change Due Dates For Electric Utility Transmission Plans

Type Bill
Session 2016 Regular Session
Subjects
Business & Economic Development Energy

Concerning a change to the biennial filing date for rate-regulated electric utilities to submit their plans for transmission facilities to the public utilities commission, and, in connection therewith, deleting the requirement that the commission issue a final order within one hundred eighty days after an application for the construction or expansion of transmission facilities is filed.

Bill Summary:

Legislation adopted in 2007 required rate-regulated electric utilities to conduct biennial reviews, on or before October 31 of each odd-numbered year, in which the utilities developed plans for transmitting electricity from geographic areas in which energy resources were likely to be available to where the electricity would be needed. The act preserves the requirement for biennial review but changes the due date for those reviews from October 31 to another date determined by the public utilities commission. The act also deletes existing requirements that:
  • Plans for acquisition and applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity be reviewed simultaneously by the commission; and
  • The commission issue an order approving or rejecting an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction or expansion of transmission facilities within 180 days.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
03/23/2016 Signed Act PDF
03/15/2016 Final Act PDF
03/08/2016 Rerevised PDF
03/07/2016 Revised PDF
02/09/2016 Reengrossed PDF
02/08/2016 Engrossed PDF
01/19/2016 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
07/12/2016 FN2 PDF
01/29/2016 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 16-1091 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0. Vote summary
Activity Vote Documents
Postpone House Bill 16-1029 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with 1 member excused. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 16-1091 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. Vote summary
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
03/08/2016 Third Reading BILL
33
AYE
0
NO
2
OTHER
Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
02/09/2016 Third Reading BILL
65
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
Vote record
Date Location Action
03/23/2016 Governor Governor Signed
03/15/2016 Governor Sent to the Governor
03/15/2016 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
03/11/2016 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/08/2016 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/07/2016 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/03/2016 Senate Senate Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/16/2016 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture, Natural Resources, & Energy
02/09/2016 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
02/08/2016 House House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
02/03/2016 House House Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
01/19/2016 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
08/10/2016 48 Change Due Dates For Elec Util Transmission Plans PDF