Georgia House Bill 516 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-14 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public utilities, so as to provide for the establishment of voluntary portfolio standard goals for renewable energy; to provide for legislative intent and purpose; to provide for definitions; to provide for reports, incentives, penalties, and rules and regulations; to provide for a renewable energy credits trading program; to provide for a registry of producers of renewable energy in this state; to amend Code Section 50-23-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions concerning the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, so as to include in the definition of "project" renewable energy facilities such that the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority may issue bonds to finance such projects; and for other purposes.

Public utilities; voluntary portfolio standard goals for renewable energy; provisions

Rep. Stacey Abrams [D]	Rep. Karla Drenner [D]	Rep. Gloria Frazier [D]	Rep. Scott Holcomb [D]
Rep. Helen Hudson [D]	Rep. Brian Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-14		House Second Readers
2011-03-11		House First Readers

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/33665
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/hb516_LC_36_1867_a_2.htm