S0025B0016A04638   SS1 BIL:JMM 12/03/07    #90            A04638
                        AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 25
                                (SP.SESS. NO. 1)
                                    Sponsor:  SENATOR WAUGH
                                           Printer's No. 16

     1       Amend Title, page 1, line 9, by striking out "source."" and
     2    inserting
     3               source"; and further providing for alternative energy
     4               portfolio standards.

     5       Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2), page 2, by inserting between lines 23
     6    and 24
     7       Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (ii), the term
     8       "low-impact hydropower" shall also include a hydroelectric
     9       development which has a nameplate capacity of 21 megawatts or
    10       less and has a license issued by the Federal Energy
    11       Regulatory Commission for the hydropower source on or prior
    12       to January 1, 1984, and was held in whole or in part by a
    13       municipality located wholly within this Commonwealth or by an
    14       electric cooperative wholly within this Commonwealth on July
    15       1, 2007.

    16       Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2), page 3, line 13, by striking out ",
    17    lignins
    18       Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2), page 3, line 13, by inserting after
    19    "residues."
    20    Biomass energy shall also mean the generation of electricity
    21    utilizing by-products of the pulping process and wood
    22    manufacturing process, including bark, wood chips, sawdust and
    23    lignins in spent pulping liquors, provided the electricity is
    24    generated within this Commonwealth.

    25       Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2), page 5, line 4, by striking out the
    26    bracket before "(6)"
    27       Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 2), page 5, line 7, by striking out all of
    28    said line and inserting

     1               liquors if the electricity is generated outside of
     2               this Commonwealth.

     3       Amend Bill, page 5, by inserting between lines 9 and 10
     4       Section 2.  Section 3(b) of the act, amended July 17, 2007
     5    (P.L.114, No.35), is amended to read:
     6    Section 3.  Alternative energy portfolio standards.
     7       * * *
     8       (b)  Tier I and solar photovoltaic shares.--
     9           (1)  Two years after the effective date of this act, at
    10       least 1.5% of the electric energy sold by an electric
    11       distribution company or electric generation supplier to
    12       retail electric customers in this Commonwealth shall be
    13       generated from Tier I alternative energy sources. Except as
    14       provided in this section, the minimum percentage of electric
    15       energy required to be sold to retail electric customers from
    16       alternative energy sources shall increase to 2% three years
    17       after the effective date of this act. The minimum percentage
    18       of electric energy required to be sold to retail electric
    19       customers from alternative energy sources shall increase by
    20       at least 0.5% each year so that at least 8% of the electric
    21       energy sold by an electric distribution company or electric
    22       generation supplier to retail electric customers in that
    23       certificated territory in the 15th year after the effective
    24       date of this subsection is sold from Tier I alternative
    25       energy resources.
    26           (1.1)  In addition to any increase under paragraph (1),
    27       the commission shall annually increase the percentage share
    28       of Tier I alternative energy sources required to be sold by
    29       an electric distribution company or electric generation
    30       supplier under paragraph (1), by an amount equal to the
    31       amount of additional Tier I alternative energy credits
    32       created under the provisions of the act adding this
    33       paragraph.
    34           (2)  The total percentage of the electric energy sold by
    35       an electric distribution company or electric generation
    36       supplier to retail electric customers in this Commonwealth
    37       that must be sold from solar photovoltaic technologies is:
    38               (i)  0.0013% for June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.
    39               (ii)  0.0030% for June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008.
    40               (iii)  0.0063% for June 1, 2008, through May 31,
    41           2009.
    42               (iv)  0.0120% for June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010.
    43               (v)  0.0203% for June 1, 2010, through May 31, 2011.
    44               (vi)  0.0325% for June 1, 2011, through May 31, 2012.
    45               (vii)  0.0510% for June 1, 2012, through May 31,
    46           2013.
    47               (viii)  0.0840% for June 1, 2013, through May 31,
    48           2014.
    49               (ix)  0.1440% for June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
    50               (x)  0.2500% for June 1, 2015, through May 31, 2016.
    51               (xi)  0.2933% for June 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017.
    52               (xii)  0.3400% for June 1, 2017, through May 31,
    53           2018.
    54               (xiii)  0.3900% for June 1, 2018, through May 31,
    55           2019.
    56               (xiv)  0.4433% for June 1, 2019, through May 31,
    57           2020.

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     1               (xv)  0.5000% for June 1, 2020, and thereafter.
     2           (3)  Upon commencement of the beginning of the 6th
     3       reporting year, the commission shall undertake a review of
     4       the compliance by electric distribution companies and
     5       electric generation suppliers with the requirements of this
     6       act. The review shall also include the status of alternative
     7       energy technologies within this Commonwealth and the capacity
     8       to add additional alternative energy resources. The
     9       commission shall use the results of this review to recommend
    10       to the General Assembly additional compliance goals beyond
    11       year 15. The commission shall work with the department in
    12       evaluating the future alternative energy resource potential.
    13       * * *

    14       Amend Sec. 2, page 5, line 10, by striking out "2" and
    15    inserting
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