Two Bills to Advance Renewable Energy Introduced into Kentucky Legislature

Two bills are currently pending before the Kentucky Legislature that would greatly advance the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Kentucky. The Clean Energy Opportunity Act (HB 167) would establish a Renewable and Efficiency Portfolio Standard, requiring Kentucky's electric utilities to meet an increasing portion of their power supply from clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency savings. The Act would also establish Feed In Tariffs (or Clean Contracts), requiring electric utilities to purchase power from eligible renewable power generators at guaranteed rates, with long-term contracts.

The second bill, HB 187- Expanding Net Metering, would update the state's net metering law by changing two provisions of the exisiting statute. First, the bill would expand the definition of who is eligible to use net metering. Second, it would increase the size of eligible generators from 30 kilowatts to 2 megawatts. 

 

Fact Sheet on HB 187 - Expanding Net Metering [click here]

 

To learn about the Clean Energy Opportunity Act [HB 167], visit  http://www.kysea.org/legislative-policy-work/2011-legislative-goals

 

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