SC H5521 | 2023-2024 | 125th General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-05-07 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Pending: House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 58-3-140, Relating To The Public Service Commission's Powers To Regulate Public Utilities, So As To Establish Considerations And State Policy For The Commission's Decision Making Process, To Establish A Schedule For Certain Testimony And Discovery In Contested Proceedings, To Permit Electrical Utility Customers To Address The Commission As Public Witnesses, And To Establish Requirements For An Independent Third-party Consultant Hired By The Commission; By Adding Section 58-4-150 So As To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Prepare A Comprehensive State Energy Assessment And Action Plan And To Establish Requirements For This Plan; By Adding Section 58-31-205 So As To Permit The Public Service Authority To Jointly Own Electrical Facilities With Certain Conditions; By Adding Section 58-37-70 So As To Permit A Small Modular Nuclear Pilot Program And To Establish Requirements; By Adding Article 3 To Chapter 37, Title 58 So As To Provide For State Agency Review Of Energy Infrastructure Project Applications And To Provide A Sunset; By Amending Section 58-40-10, Relating To The Definition Of "customer Generator", So As To Establish Characteristics For A "customer Generator"; By Amending Section 58-41-30, Relating To Voluntary Renewable Energy Programs, So As To Provide Additional Requirements And Considerations For These Programs; By Amending Section 58-41-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Definition Of "energy Storage Facilities"; By Amending Section 58-41-20, Relating To Proceedings For Electrical Utilities" Avoided Cost Methodologies And Related Processes, So As To Authorize Competitive Procurement Programs For Renewable Energy, Capacity, And Storage, To Permit Competitive Procurement Of New Renewable Energy Capacity And Establish Requirements For Non Competitive Procurement Programs, And To Delete Language Regarding The Commission Hiring Third Party Experts For These Proceedings; By Adding Section 58-41-25 So As To Provide For A Process For Competitive Procurement Of Renewable Energy Facilities; By Amending Section 58-33-20, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add The Definition "like Facility" And "major Utility Facility" To Require An Electric Generating Plant And Associated Facilities May Also Require A Footprint Of More Than One Hundred Twenty Five Acres; By Amending Article 3 Of Chapter 33, Title 58, Relating To Certification Of Major Utility Facilities, So As To Provide For A Like Facility, To Establish Requirements And Considerations For Proposed Facilities, To Provide What Actions May Be Taken Without Permission From The Commission, And Technical Changes; By Amending Section 58-37-40, Relating To Integrated Resources Plans, So As To Add Consideration Of A Utility's Transmission And Distribution Resource Plan, To Establish Procedural Requirements And Evaluation By The Commission, And Require Parties To Bear Their Own Costs; By Amending Section 58-33-310, Relating To An Appeal From A Final Order Or Decision Of The Commission, So As To Require A Final Order Issued Pursuant To Chapter 33, Title 58 Be Immediately Appealable To The South Carolina Supreme Court And To Provide For An Expedited Hearing; By Amending Section 58-33-320, Relating To Joint Hearings And Joint Investigations, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Adding Section 58-4-160 So As To Require The Office Of Regulatory Staff To Conduct A Study To Evaluate Establishing A Third Party Administrator For Energy Efficiency And Demand-side Management Programs; By Amending Section 58-37-10, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add A Reference To "demand Side Management Program" And Provide Definitions For "cost Effective" And "demand Side Management Pilot Program"; By Amending Section 58-37-20, Relating To Commission Procedures Encouraging Energy Efficiency Programs, So As To Expand Commission Considerations For Cost Effective, Demand Side Management Programs, And Require Each Investor Owned Electrical Utility To Submit An Annual Report To The Commission Regarding Its Demand Side Management Programs; By Amending Section 58-37-30, Relating To Reports On Demand Side Activities, So As To Make A Conforming Change; By Adding Section 58-37-35 So As To Permit Programs And Customer Incentives To Encourage Or Promote Demand Side Management Programs For Customer-sited Distribution Resources, And To Provide Considerations For These Programs; By Amending Section 58-37-50, Relating To Agreements For Energy Efficiency And Conservation Measures, So As To Establish Certain Terms And Rate Recovery For Agreements For Financing And Installing Energy Efficiency And Conservation Measures, And For Application To A Residence Occupied Before The Measures Are Taken; To Establish The "energy Investment And Economic Development Fund", And To Provide For Related Requirements; By Adding Section 58-41-50, So As To Encourage Bulk Power Solutions And To Provide Requirements; So As To Provide Provisions Related To Economic Development And Reasonable And Prudent Cost Deferral.

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Title

Energy

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-05-07HouseReferred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2024-05-07HouseIntroduced and read first time

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
583140(n/a)See Bill Text
5831205(n/a)See Bill Text
583320(n/a)See Bill Text
5833310(n/a)See Bill Text
5833320(n/a)See Bill Text
583710(n/a)See Bill Text
583720(n/a)See Bill Text
583730(n/a)See Bill Text
583735(n/a)See Bill Text
583740(n/a)See Bill Text
583750(n/a)See Bill Text
583770(n/a)See Bill Text
584150(n/a)See Bill Text
584160(n/a)See Bill Text
584010(n/a)See Bill Text
584110(n/a)See Bill Text
584120(n/a)See Bill Text
584125(n/a)See Bill Text
584130(n/a)See Bill Text
584150(n/a)See Bill Text

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