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PRINTER'S NO. 124
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
215
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY YAW, GREENLEAF, VULAKOVICH, BREWSTER, COSTA,
YUDICHAK, GORDNER, WARD, WOZNIAK, WHITE, BAKER, VOGEL,
SCARNATI AND STEFANO, JANUARY 15, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 15, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 9, 2008 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1),
entitled "An act providing for alternative sources of energy;
establishing the Alternative Energy Development Program, the
Consumer Energy Program, the Home Energy Efficiency Loan
Program, the Home Energy Efficiency Loan Fund and the
Alternative Energy Production Tax Credit Program; and
providing for the powers and duties of the Department of
Environmental Protection," in Alternative Energy Development
Program, further providing for pollution control technology
projects and for Commonwealth Financing Authority.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 304 of the act of July 9, 2008 (1st
Sp.Sess., P.L.1873, No.1), known as the Alternative Energy
Investment Act, is amended to read:
Section 304. Pollution control technology projects.
(a) Allocation.--The sum of $25,000,000 shall be transferred
by the authority to the department for pollution control
technology projects. The funds shall be utilized for grants to
electric generating units or cogeneration units, as defined
under 25 Pa. Code § 123.202 (relating to definitions), that
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utilize coal, as defined under 25 Pa. Code § 123.202, as their
primary fuel source, and that have an installed capacity of less
than 500 megawatts, located in this Commonwealth.
(b) Distribution.--Each electric generating unit or
cogeneration unit shall be eligible to receive a pro rata share
of moneys allocated for pollution control technology projects
based on criteria developed by the department. The department
shall publish the criteria to be used in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin and on its Internet website and shall submit the
criteria to the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of
the Senate and the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
of the House of Representatives for comment and review 60 days
prior to accepting a grant application under this section.
(c) Natural gas access.--
(1) The sum of $10,000,000 of the funds transferred to
the department under subsection (a) shall be transferred to
the authority.
(2) The amount transferred to the authority under
paragraph (1) shall be allocated by the authority for grants
to schools, hospitals and small businesses to obtain access
to natural gas.
(3) The authority shall give priority to applications
that will result in adjoining commercial or residential
properties utilizing natural gas.
(4) Grants may provide for up to 50% of the cost of the
project.
Section 2. Section 307(c)(1) of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 307. Commonwealth Financing Authority.
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(c) High performance buildings.--
(1) The sum of [$25,000,000] $15,000,000 shall be
allocated by the authority for loans or grants to one of the
following to meet energy efficient standards under paragraph
(2):
(i) A small business for the construction or
renovation of a building for the use of the small
business.
(ii) An individual or business for the construction
or renovation of [a dwelling if the individual does or
will occupy the dwelling as his primary residence]
single-family or multiunit dwellings.
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(c.1) Natural gas access.--
(1) The sum of $10,000,000 shall be allocated by the
authority for grants to schools, hospitals and small
businesses to obtain access to natural gas.
(2) The authority shall give priority to applications
that will result in adjoining commercial or residential
properties utilizing natural gas.
(3) Grants under this subsection may provide for up to
50% of the cost of the project.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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