Full Text of SB2258

Sen. Robert Peters

Filed: 3/14/2025

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2258

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2258 on page 6, line 20, by replacing "supplies thermal energy." with "supplies non-combusting thermal energy. "Thermal energy network" includes real estate, fixtures, and personal property that is operated, owned, or used by multiple parties."; and

on page 8, lines 24 and 25, by replacing "be focused on existing electric heat customers." with "include an industrial heat application that may additionally include residential and commercial applications. Priority shall be given to pilot proposals that replace leak-prone natural gas distribution infrastructure with distribution infrastructure that supplies non-combusting thermal energy or that replaces thermal energy for buildings currently heated with electric resistance heat."; and

on page 10, immediately below line 7, by inserting the following:

"(d-5) The Commission shall require projects submitted to the utility-scale renewable thermal energy network program for approval to include a proposed rate structure for thermal energy services supplied to network end users and consumer protection plans for end users. The Commission may approve the proposed rate structure if the projected heating and cooling costs for end users is not greater than the heating and cooling costs the end users would have incurred if the end users had not participated in the program."; and

on page 11, lines 10 through 12, by replacing "after the completion of the construction of all thermal energy network projects under this Section" with "after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly"; and

on page 12, line 6, after "16-108.18.", by inserting "A gas public utility, electric public utility, or combination public utility developing a thermal energy network project that includes an industrial heat application may recover rates proportionally from each class of customer.".