Vermont H 289: An act relating to the sale of shell eggs

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H.289 1
Introduced by Representatives McCoy of Poultney, Harrison of Chittenden, 2
Bailey of Hyde Park, Howland of Rutland Town, and 3
Southworth of Walden 4
Referred to Committee on 5
Date: 6
Subject: Public service; energy; renewable energy; climate change; air 7
pollution; Global Warming Solutions Act; Climate Action Plan; 8
Climate Council 9
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to change the 10
Renewable Energy Standard to the Clean Energy Standard. It would also 11
provide funding for electric vehicle incentives. It would also make multiple 12
amendments to the Global Warming Solutions Act. 13
An act relating to affordable climate initiatives 14
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 15
* * * Clean Energy Standard * * * 16
Sec. 1. 30 V.S.A. § 202b is amended to read: 17
§ 202b. STATE COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN 18
(a) The Department of Public Service, in conjunction with other State 19
agencies designated by the Governor, shall prepare a State Comprehensive 20

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Energy Plan covering at least a 20-year period. The Plan shall seek to 1
implement the State energy policy set forth in section 202a of this title, 2
including meeting the State’s greenhouse gas emissions reductions 3
requirements goals pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 578, and shall be consistent with 4
the relevant goals of 24 V.S.A. § 4302 and with the Vermont Climate Action 5
Plan adopted and updated pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 592. The State 6
Comprehensive Energy Plan shall include: 7
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(e) The Commissioner of Public Service (Commissioner) shall file an 9
annual report on progress in meeting the goals of the Plan. The report shall 10
address each of the following sectors of energy consumption in the State: 11
electricity, nonelectric fuels for thermal purposes, and transportation. In 12
preparing the report, the Commissioner shall consult with the Secretaries of 13
Administration, of Agriculture, Food and Markets, of Natural Resources, and 14
of Transportation and the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services. 15
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(3) For each sector, the report shall provide: 17
(A) In millions of British thermal units (MMBTUs) for the most 18
recent calendar year for which data are available, the total amount of energy 19
consumed, the amount of clean and renewable energy consumed, and the 20
percentage of clean and renewable energy consumed. For the electricity 21

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sector, the report shall also state the amounts in megawatt hours (MWH) of 1
retail sales and load for Vermont as well as for each retail electricity provider 2
and the Vermont and New England summer and winter peak electric demand, 3
including the hour and day of peak demand. 4
(B) Projections of the energy reductions and shift to clean and 5
renewable energy expected to occur under existing policies, technologies, and 6
markets. The most recent available data shall be used to inform these 7
projections and shall be provided as a supplement to the data described in 8
subdivision (A) of this subdivision (3). 9
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(7) The report shall include the following information on progress 11
toward meeting the Renewable Clean Energy Standard (RES CES): 12
(A) An assessment of the costs and benefits of the RES CES based 13
on the most current available data, including rate and economic impacts, 14
customer savings, technology deployment, greenhouse gas emission reductions 15
achieved both relative to 10 V.S.A § 578 requirements and societally, fuel 16
price stability, effect on transmission and distribution upgrade costs, and any 17
recommended changes based on this assessment. 18
(i) For the most recent calendar year for which data is available, 19
each retail electricity provider’s retail sales and load, in MWh; required 20
amounts of clean and renewable energy for each category of the RES CES as 21

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set forth in section 8005 of this title; and amounts of clean and renewable 1
energy and tradeable clean and renewable energy credits eligible to satisfy the 2
requirements of sections 8004 and 8005 of this title actually owned by the 3
Vermont retail electricity providers, expressed as a percentage of retail sales 4
and total load MWh purchases made by Vermont retail electricity providers to 5
meet demand. 6
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(iv) The report shall assess how costs and benefits of the RES 8
CES are being distributed across State, to the extent possible given available 9
data, by retail electricity service territory, municipality, and environmental 10
justice focus populations, as defined by 3 V.S.A. § 6002. Such an assessment 11
shall consider metrics to monitor affordability of electric rates. 12
(B) Projections, looking at least 10 years ahead, of the impacts of the 13
RES CES. 14
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(iii) The