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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62 – Integrated state energy plan

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62

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HCR062....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
INTEGRATED STATE ENERGY PLAN - Stating findings of the Legislature and
requesting the Legislative Council Interim Committee on Energy, Environment
and Technology to develop an integrated energy plan that provides for the
state's power generation needs and protects the health and safety of the
citizens of Idaho, and to report to the Legislature.
                                                                        
03/09    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/10    Rpt prt - to Env
03/15    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - 67-1-2
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Bastian, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao,
      Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon,
      Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
      Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest, Henderson,
      Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews,
      McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
      Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley,
      Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood,
      Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Barrett
      Absent and excused -- Bedke, Snodgrass
    Floor Sponsor - Ellsworth
    Title apvd - To Senate
03/22    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/27    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/28    10th Ord - ADOPTED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett(Clark),
      Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
      Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - President Pro Tempore Geddes
    Title apvd - to House
03/29    To enrol
03/30    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/31    Pres signed - To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62
                                                                        
                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND REQUESTING THE  LEGISLATIVE  COUNCIL  INTERIM
  3        COMMITTEE  ON  ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED
  4        STATE ENERGY PLAN THAT PROVIDES FOR THE STATE'S POWER GENERATION NEEDS AND
  5        PROTECTS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF  IDAHO  AND  TO  INVOLVE
  6        REPRESENTATIVES  OF  LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY,
  7        THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, THE HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY AND STATE  AGENCIES
  8        IN ITS STUDY AND INQUIRY AND TO REPORT BACK TO THE LEGISLATURE.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        WHEREAS,  in 2005, the Legislature adopted House Concurrent Resolution No.
 11    16 which authorized the Legislative Council to appoint a committee  to  under-
 12    take and complete a study of energy, environment and technology related issues
 13    from both the statewide perspective and the national perspective and to submit
 14    a  final report to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legisla-
 15    ture; and
 16        WHEREAS, the state of Idaho needs to have an integrated state energy  plan
 17    that  provides  for the state's power generation needs and protects the health
 18    and safety of the citizens of Idaho, and the products produced in this  state;
 19    and
 20        WHEREAS,  the  Interim Committee on Energy, Environment and Technology may
 21    be requested to meet before the end of the 2006 regular legislative session to
 22    begin to develop recommendations relating to an integrated energy plan; and
 23        WHEREAS, the Interim Committee on Energy, Environment and Technology needs
 24    to identify existing air and water quality standards and  to  determine  which
 25    air  and  water  quality  and  siting standards apply to certain in-state coal
 26    fired power plants as part of an integrated Idaho state energy plan; and
 27        WHEREAS, Idaho has firm power needs in the near future, and  the  Legisla-
 28    ture and state government should work to ensure that those needs are met; and
 29        WHEREAS,  it is the goal of the Legislature to establish Idaho's air qual-
 30    ity standards for certain coal fired power  plants  to  maintain  the  health,
 31    safety  and welfare of Idaho's citizens, the quality and financial security of
 32    existing agricultural businesses and industries, the economic  growth  of  the
 33    state  of  Idaho,  and the environmental quality and natural resources of this
 34    state.
 35        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 36    sion  of  the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 37    the Senate concurring therein, that the Legislative Council Interim  Committee
 38    on  Energy,  Environment  and Technology is requested to develop an integrated
 39    state energy plan that provides for the state's  power  generation  needs  and
 40    protects the health and safety of the citizens of Idaho, and the products pro-
 41    duced in this state.
 42        BE  IT  FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Council Interim Committee on
 43    Energy, Environment and Technology is requested to consider the air and  water
 44    quality  impacts,  effects  on  existing  industries,  and allocation of water
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    resources with regard to energy development.
  2        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim Committee on  Energy,  Environment
  3    and  Technology  is  requested to involve representatives of local government,
  4    business, agriculture and industry, the environmental  community,  the  health
  5    care  community  and  state  agencies  in its study and inquiry, and to make a
  6    report of its findings, recommendations and suggested legislation, if any,  to
  7    the  First  Regular  Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho Legislature, including a
  8    recommendation as to whether the  Interim Committee on Energy, Environment and
  9    Technology should be reappointed by the Legislative Council following the 2007
 10    legislative session to continue its study and inquiry.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


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                            REVISED
                               
                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                               
                          RS 16229C1
                               
This resolution requests the legislative Council Interim
Committee on Energy, Environment and Technology to develop an
integrated state energy plan that provides for the state s power
generation needs and protects the health and safety of the
citizens of Idaho, and to report back to the Governor and the
Legislature on its findings and recommendations.
                               
                               
                          FISCAL NOTE
                               
The Legislative Council Interim Committee on Energy, Environment
and Technology has already been appointed to serve until
December 1, 2006. This resolution would focus the committee s
inquiry upon an integrated state energy plan, and, as such, may
require the committee to seek consultant services from
independent experts. Estimates of possible cost for such
services range from $100,000 to $300,000. Any necessary funds
for legislator travel and per diem expense would be paid from
the existing legislative appropriation, and funding for staff
support would be provided from the existing appropriation to the
Legislative Council for the Legislative Services Office.


Contact:  Rep. Bruce Newcomb, Speaker
          Reps. Denney, Moyle, Ellsworth, Jaquet, Martinez

Phone:    (208) 332-1000
         
         
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                               HCR 62