PRINTER'S NO. 807
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
758
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, TEPLITZ, KITCHEN, FONTANA, BREWSTER,
WILLIAMS, SCHWANK, COSTA, SMITH, YUDICHAK, TARTAGLIONE,
BLAKE, HUGHES AND BOSCOLA, APRIL 23, 2015
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, APRIL 23, 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 providing for energy service project grants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 304(a) 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] $20,000,000 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),
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that 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.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 308. Energy service project grants.
The sum of $5,000,000 shall be used by the department for
grants to political subdivisions for energy service project
initiatives. The department shall develop guidelines governing
implementation of this program.
Section 3. The Department of Environmental Protection shall
use the sum of $5,000,000 from funds originally appropriated to
it under section 304(a) of the act to fund energy service
project grants authorized under section 308 of the act.
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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