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Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted:	April 22, 2015 04:51 PM
From:	Senator Elder A. Vogel, Jr.
To:	All Senate members
Subject:	On Farm Digesters - AEPS

In the near future I intend to introduce legislation which will prohibit placing regulatory restrictions on anaerobic digesters on farms. Recently the Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued a proposed rulemaking which intends to place caps on the amount of energy customer-generators sell, at retail prices, back to the utility. The proposed rule would place a cap for Customer-Generators on a systems generation capacity which couldn't exceed 110 percent of the load. Farmers who employ methane digesters fall into the category of Customer-Generators. I believe this to be an unintended consequence of the proposed rule, but the PUC has no means to separate agricultural operations from that category under their regulatory authority. My bill is intended to exclude agricultural operations, who employ anaerobic digesters for environmental compliance purposes, from regulatory limitations. Please see the attached document for more information. Please join me by cosponsoring this legislation and contact Michael Rader of my office if you have any questions or concerns.

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