ESHB 2131 — Promoting the establishment of thermal energy networks.
Signed into law — Chapter 348, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Ramel
- Introduced
- January 23, 2024
- Status
- C 348 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 28, 2024)
What this bill does
Allows gas and most electric utilities to own and operate nonemitting thermal energy networks (TENs), with oversight from the Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for investor-owned utilities (IOU) and with oversight from governing bodies for consumer-owned utilities. Establishes a TEN pilot project program in which the Department of Commerce may award grants to gas companies according to specified criteria, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee must evaluate and report on the program after three years, and IOU gas companies must ask for pilot projects in requests for proposals. Amends a gas company's obligation to serve to include providing energy through a TEN. Authorizes gas and combination utilities to combine gas operations and TENs into a single rate base with approval from the UTC.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 9, 202497 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 202496 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 1, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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