PRINTER'S NO. 579
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
556
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, CUTLER, GREINER, FEE, CAUSER, MILLARD,
HICKERNELL, A. HARRIS, RADER, WARD AND GABLER,
FEBRUARY 17, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 17, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in restructuring of electric utility
industry, further providing for additional alternative energy
sources; and abrogating or repealing provisions relating to
the production of electrical power from biologically derived
methane gas.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2814 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 2814. Additional alternative energy sources.
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(d) Biologically derived methane gas.--Notwithstanding any
other law, the commission may not limit the nameplate capacity
and the production of electrical power from biologically derived
methane gas, including methane from the anaerobic digestion of
organic materials from yard waste, such as grass clippings and
leaves, food waste, animal waste and sewage sludge and landfill
methane gas.
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