PRINTER'S NO. 584
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
100
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VITALI, O'BRIEN, SANTARSIERO, COHEN, SCHREIBER,
FREEMAN, THOMAS, M. DALEY, McCARTER, KINSEY, BRIGGS, BROWNLEE
AND FRANKEL, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 30, 2004 (P.L.1672, No.213),
entitled, "An act providing for the sale of electric energy
generated from renewable and environmentally beneficial
sources, for the acquisition of electric energy generated
from renewable and environmentally beneficial sources by
electric distribution and supply companies and for the powers
and duties of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission,"
further providing for alternative energy portfolio standards.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(b) of the act of November 30, 2004
(P.L.1672, No.213), known as the Alternative Energy Portfolio
Standards Act, amended July 17, 2007 (P.L.114, No.35), is
amended to read:
Section 3. Alternative energy portfolio standards.
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(b) Tier I and solar photovoltaic shares.--
(1) Two years after the effective date of this act, at
least 1.5% of the electric energy sold by an electric
distribution company or electric generation supplier to
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retail electric customers in this Commonwealth shall be
generated from Tier I alternative energy sources. [Except as
provided in this section, the minimum percentage of electric
energy required to be sold to retail electric customers from
alternative energy sources shall increase to 2% three years
after the effective date of this act. The minimum percentage
of electric energy required to be sold to retail electric
customers from alternative energy sources shall increase by
at least 0.5% each year so that at least 8% of the electric
energy sold by an electric distribution company or electric
generation supplier to retail electric customers in that
certificated territory in the 15th year after the effective
date of this subsection is sold from Tier I alternative
energy resources.] The minimum percentage of electric energy
required to be sold to retail electric customers from
alternative energy sources shall be:
(i) 5.5% for June 1, 2015, through May 31, 2016.
(ii) 6% for June 1, 2016, through May 31, 2017.
(iii) 7.5% for June 1, 2017, through May 31, 2018.
(iv) 9% for June 1, 2018, through May 31, 2019.
(v) 10.5% for June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020.
(vi) 12% for June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021.
(vii) 13.5% for June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022.
(viii) 15 % for June 1, 2022, and thereafter.
(2) The total percentage of the electric energy sold by
an electric distribution company or electric generation
supplier to retail electric customers in this Commonwealth
that must be sold from solar photovoltaic technologies is:
(i) 0.0013% for June 1, 2006, through May 31, 2007.
(ii) 0.0030% for June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008.
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(iii) 0.0063% for June 1, 2008, through May 31,
2009.
(iv) 0.0120% for June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010.
(v) 0.0203% for June 1, 2010, through May 31, 2011.
(vi) 0.0325% for June 1, 2011, through May 31, 2012.
(vii) 0.0510% for June 1, 2012, through May 31,
2013.
(viii) 0.0840% for June 1, 2013, through May 31,
2014.
(ix) 0.1440% for June 1, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
(x) [0.2500%] 0.3135% for June 1, 2015, through May
31, 2016.
(xi) [0.2933%] 0.483% for June 1, 2016, through May
31, 2017.
(xii) [0.3400%] 0.6265% for June 1, 2017, through
May 31, 2018.
(xiii) [0.3900%] 0.822% for June 1, 2018, through
May 31, 2019.
(xiv) [0.4433%] 0.9915% for June 1, 2019, through
May 31, 2020.
(xv) [0.5000%] 1.161% for June 1, 2020, [and
thereafter] through June 1, 2021.
(xvi) 1.3305% for June 1, 2021, through May 31,
2022.
(xvii) 1.5000% for June 1, 2022, and thereafter.
(3) Upon commencement of the beginning of the 6th
reporting year, the commission shall undertake a review of
the compliance by electric distribution companies and
electric generation suppliers with the requirements of this
act. The review shall also include the status of alternative
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energy technologies within this Commonwealth and the capacity
to add additional alternative energy resources. The
commission shall use the results of this review to recommend
to the General Assembly additional compliance goals beyond
year 15. The commission shall work with the department in
evaluating the future alternative energy resource potential.
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Section 2. The amendment of section 3(b) of the act shall
apply to contracts for the purchase of solar alternative energy
entered into after May 31, 2015, by entities with a solar
alternative energy portfolio standard compliance obligation.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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