Bill Text: IN HCR0056 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Study of ways of incorporating clean energy resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2012-03-07 - Referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform [HCR0056 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HCR0056-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign the Regulatory Flexibility Committee to study and evaluate the practices and methods of incorporating clean energy resources into the generation portfolios of energy providers.
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RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council
to assign the Regulatory Flexibility Committee to study and evaluate
the practices and methods of incorporating clean energy resources into
the generation portfolios of energy providers.
Whereas, It is important for Indiana legislators to gain a
better understanding of the complexities of utility regulation;
Whereas, Technological advances in energy generation,
energy transmission, and smart grid technologies merit study
to ensure Indiana is considering all available options to meet
its energy demands, including options available under the
voluntary Indiana Voluntary Clean Energy Portfolio
Standard;
Whereas, The mechanism of Indiana's recently enacted
Voluntary Clean Energy Portfolio Standard should be
studied and evaluated, including the resources that are
qualified to satisfy the 70% and 30% categories of the
CHOICE Program Goal, rate impacts of portfolio standards
implemented in other states, and the impact on locational
marginal prices due to fuel-free electricity;
Whereas, The continued importance of a diverse energy
portfolio that includes coal, natural gas, nuclear generation,
and clean energy resources should be studied;
Whereas, In order to ensure that Indiana is keeping pace with energy development, it is beneficial to study the regulatory practices and laws of other states and federal
energy and utility agencies; and ratepayers will receive the
most appropriate, just, and reasonable electricity rates and
charges for fossil and non-fossil fueled energy, it would be
beneficial to study and identify best practices of utility
regulatory agencies in other jurisdictions to evaluate and
approve utility acquisition of new energy sources; and
Whereas, It would also be beneficial to assess Indiana state
statutes and procedures to ensure that they are sufficient to
deal with an increasingly competitive environment for energy
services and to ensure that they are designed to consider
options that are the least cost reasonably available:
Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
Legislative Council to assign the Regulatory Flexibility Committee to
study the statutes, policies, and practices of current utility regulation so
as to educate legislators on state utility laws and state regulatory
policies and procedures and consider any necessary improvements to
those laws, policies, and procedures.
