Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates.
Summary
Retail electric energy; renewable energy certificates. Requires competitive service providers, as defined in the bill, to serve 100 percent of their customers' energy and capacity needs from electric generating units located within the PJM transmission region. Under the bill, a competitive service provider must ensure that 100 percent of its customers' energy is either zero-carbon electricity or matched with zero-carbon electricity or renewable energy certificates. A certain percentage of a retail customer's annual load must be matched with renewable energy certificates from within the PJM transmission region. The bill allows certain retail customers to be exempt from non-bypassable charges associated with the renewable energy portfolio standard. The bill also requires the State Corporation Commission to promulgate rules as necessary to ensure that the provisions of the bill do not create an unreasonable shifting of costs to nonparticipating customers and to ensure that in all integrated resource plans and cost recovery proceedings no incumbent electric utility is improperly incorporating the loads of retail electric customers into its forecasts or load projections.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Last action Feb 5, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill amendment clarifies and expands the definition of 'zero-carbon electricity' to explicitly exclude hydrogen-fueled generation and co-fired resources, while adding emergency exceptions for carbon-emitting generation. It also modifies exemptions from renewable energy charges and updates the percentage matching requirements for competitive service providers.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on retail electric energy and renewable energy certificates, but the applicability of certain exemptions and the definition of eligible clean energy sources have been modified.
DEFINITION
Added explicit exclusions for hydrogen-fueled generation and co-fired resources from the definition of zero-carbon electricity, with specific conditions for hydrogen fuel production.
REQUIREMENT
Added emergency dispatch exceptions allowing carbon-emitting generation during identified emergencies or testing periods.
Updated competitive service provider matching requirements to allow combinations of zero-carbon electricity and renewable energy certificates.
EXEMPTIONS
Modified exemption language for bundled renewable energy certificates to include zero-carbon electricity as an alternative option.
ELIGIBILITY
Expanded eligibility for certain customers by allowing distribution cooperatives and municipal utilities that opt-in to participate in competitive service provider programs.
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Total actions
7
Key actions
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Committee
4
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Jones
DDemocratic
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