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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1563 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 8-1-8.5-2.3. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Alternative and nuclear energy generation. Requires: (1) a |
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| 8 | 8 | | public utility to notify the Indiana utility regulatory commission |
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| 9 | 9 | | (commission) of the public utility's intention to retire an electric |
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| 10 | 10 | | generation facility not later than 18 months before the planned |
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| 11 | 11 | | retirement date; and (2) the commission to conduct a study to |
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| 12 | 12 | | determine the feasibility of using the location and infrastructure of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | electric generation facility for development of alternative energy |
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| 14 | 14 | | generation projects, including consideration of the suitability of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | location and infrastructure for use in developing a nuclear energy |
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| 16 | 16 | | facility. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Smith H, DeVon |
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| 19 | 19 | | January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Telecommunications. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2025 IN 1563—LS 7607/DI 119 Introduced |
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| 22 | 22 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 23 | 23 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 24 | 24 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 25 | 25 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 27 | 27 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 28 | 28 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 29 | 29 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 31 | 31 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 32 | 32 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1563 |
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| 33 | 33 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 34 | 34 | | utilities. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 8-1-8.5-2.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 38 | 38 | | 3 1, 2025]: Sec. 2.3. (a) A public utility shall notify the commission of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 4 the public utility's intention to retire an electric generation facility |
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| 40 | 40 | | 5 not later than eighteen (18) months before the public utility's |
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| 41 | 41 | | 6 planned retirement date for the electric generation facility. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 7 (b) After receiving notice under subsection (a), the commission |
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| 43 | 43 | | 8 shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of using the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 9 location and infrastructure of the electric generation facility for |
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| 45 | 45 | | 10 development of alternative energy generation projects, including |
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| 46 | 46 | | 11 consideration of the suitability of the location and infrastructure |
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| 47 | 47 | | 12 for use in developing a nuclear energy production or generating |
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| 48 | 48 | | 13 facility (as defined by IC 8-1-8.8-8.5). |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2025 IN 1563—LS 7607/DI 119 |
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