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H0696......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ELECTRIC GENERATION PLANT - COUNTIES - Amends existing law to authorize
counties to establish, create, develop, acquire, own, maintain and operate
or contract for the ownership, operation and maintenance of certain
electrical generation plants not to exceed twenty-five megawatts in
capacity which use as a fuel source landfill gas, wood waste or other
biomass fuels; and to provide that all the electricity produced from the
electrical generation facility shall be sold by the county at wholesale.
02/16 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17 Rpt prt - to Env
03/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, 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, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Crow, Deal, Sali, Shepherd(8), Wood
Floor Sponsor - Edmunson
Title apvd - to Senate
03/13 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Marley, Sweet
Floor Sponsors - McKenzie & Stennett
Title apvd - to House
03/21 To enrol
03/22 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/23 Pres signed - To Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 210
Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 696
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS BY COUNTIES; AMENDING SECTION
3 31-869, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE COUNTIES TO ESTABLISH, CREATE, DEVELOP,
4 ACQUIRE, OWN, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE OR CONTRACT FOR THE OWNERSHIP, OPERA-
5 TION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN ELECTRICAL GENERATION PLANTS NOT TO
6 EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE MEGAWATTS IN CAPACITY WHICH USE AS A FUEL SOURCE LAND-
7 FILL GAS, WOOD WASTE OR OTHER BIOMASS FUELS, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL THE ELEC-
8 TRICITY PRODUCED FROM THE ELECTRICAL GENERATION FACILITY SHALL BE SOLD BY
9 THE COUNTY AT WHOLESALE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
11 SECTION 1. That Section 31-869, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
12 amended to read as follows:
13 31-869. DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY SYSTEMS. The boards of Ccounty
14 Ccommissioners of their respective counties are empowered to establish, cre-
15 ate, develop, own, maintain and operate or contract for the ownership, opera-
16 tion and maintenance of energy facilities as follows:
17 (1) Ggeothermal energy systems for heating for the benefit of the county
18 and the residents of the county.
19 (2) Electrical generation plants not to exceed twenty-five (25) megawatts
20 in capacity which use as a fuel source landfill gas, wood waste or other
21 biomass fuels. All the electricity produced from the electrical generation
22 facility shall be sold by the county at wholesale.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16076
The purposes of this legislation is to amend Idaho Code 31-869
to authorize the Boards of County Commissioners and their
respective counties to develop, own and operate, or contract for
the ownership, operation and maintenance of, electrical
generation facilities up to 25 megawatts in capacity which use as
a fuel source landfill gas, wood waste or other biomass fuels.
The need for this legislation is demonstrated by the recent
proposal to establish a electrical generation facility in Adams
County to utilized waste wood from the landfill and wood chips
from thinning for forest health in the surrounding forest.
FISCAL NOTE
Enactment of this legislation could have a positive impact upon
county funds and have a neutral impact on the state's general
fund.
Contact
Name: Representative Clete Edmunson
Name: Representative Mary Lou Shepherd
Phone: (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 696