Bill Number: OK51RHB 1600                          Filed: 01-19-2007

             Author: Covey

        

                                     STATE OF OKLAHOMA

  1                     1st Session of the 51st Legislature (2007)
 
  2                         HOUSE BILL 1600      By:      Covey
 
  3                                   AS INTRODUCED
 
  4                  An Act relating to energy; directing the Corporation
 
  5                  Commission to award grants for small renewable energy
 
  6                  pilot projects; specifying certain number of grants
 
  7                  for certain types of projects; allowing projects to
 
  8                  be placed on any electric system; requiring a
 
  9                  statewide competitive process; directing the
 
 10                  Commission to award grants based on recommendations
 
 11                  of the Wind Power Assessment Committee; stipulating
 
 12                  basis for recommendations; requiring the Committee to
 
 13                  oversee and report on projects; providing for
 
 14                  codification; providing an effective date; and
 
 15                  declaring an emergency.
 
 16     BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
 
 17           SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified
 
 18     in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 180.12 of Title 17, unless there
 
 19     is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
 
 20           A.  The Corporation Commission shall solicit proposals and
 
 21     award grants for pilot projects that develop and establish model
 
 22     small renewable energy projects that are economically viable.  At
 
 23     least three grants shall be awarded for small wind power projects
 
 24     and at least three grants for small hydro projects.  The projects
 


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  1     may be placed on any electric system, including participating
 
  2     investor owned, municipal, or rural electric cooperative systems.
 
  3     The pilot project proposals shall be considered on a statewide
 
  4     competitive basis.
 
  5           B.  The Commission shall award the grants based upon the
 
  6     recommendation of the Oklahoma Wind Power Assessment Committee
 
  7     created in Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1212 of the 2nd Session of the
 
  8     49th Oklahoma Legislature.  The Committee shall make recommendations
 
  9     based on the economic viability of the project and the potential for
 
 10     resource conservation.  The Committee shall oversee implementation
 
 11     of the projects and shall, one (1) year after implementation of the
 
 12     projects, make a report to the Commission on the economic viability,
 
 13     conservation benefits, and potential for statewide development of
 
 14     each project.
 
 15           SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2007.
 
 16           SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the
 
 17     preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is
 
 18     hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take
 
 19     effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
 
 20           51-1-5901      CJB      12/29/06
 
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 22     Req. No. 5901
 












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