| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.2193 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEO'DONNELL. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3441H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection386.895,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtoa |
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| 8 | 8 | | renewablenaturalgasprogram. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section386.895,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection386.895,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 386.895.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsshallmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Biogas",amixtureofcarbondioxideandhydrocarbons,primarilymethanegas, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3releasedfromthebiologicaldecompositionoforganicmaterials; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (2)"Biomass",hasthemeaninggiventheterm"qualifiedbiomass"insection |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5142.028; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (3)"Gascorporation",thesameasdefinedinsection386.020; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (4)"Qualifiedinvestment",anycapitalinvestmentinrenewablenaturalgas |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8infrastructureincurredbyagascorporationforthepurposeofprovidingnaturalgasservice |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9underarenewablenaturalgasprogram; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (5)"Renewableenergysources",hydroelectric,geothermal,solarphotovoltaic,wind, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11tidal,wave,biomass,orbiogasenergysources; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (6)"Renewablenaturalgas",anyofthefollowingproductsprocessedtomeet |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13pipelinequalitystandardsortransportationfuelgraderequirements: |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (a)Biogasthatisupgradedtomeetnaturalgaspipelinequalitystandardssuchthatit |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15mayblendwith,orsubstitutefor,geologicnaturalgas; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (b)Hydrogengas;or |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 (c)Methanegasderivedfromanycombinationof: |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 a.Biogas; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 b.Hydrogengasorcarbonoxidesderivedfromrenewableenergysources;or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 c.Wastecarbondioxide; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (7)"Renewablenaturalgasinfrastructure",allequipmentandfacilitiesforthe |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22production,processing,pipelineinterconnection,anddistributionofrenewablenaturalgasto |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23befurnishedtoMissouricustomers. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 2.NolaterthanJanuary1,2025,thecommissionshalladoptrules[for]permitting |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25gascorporationstovoluntarilyinstitutea[toofferavoluntary] renewablenaturalgas |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26program.Rulesadoptedbythecommissionunderthissectionshallbelimitedto[include]: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (1)Rulesforreportingrequirements;[and] |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28 (2)Rulesforestablishingaprocessforgascorporationstosubmitfilings |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29pursuanttotherenewablenaturalgasprogram; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30 (3)Rulesforestablishingaprocessforgascorporationstofullyrecoverincurred |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31coststhatareprudent,just,andreasonableassociatedwitharenewablenaturalgasprogram. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32Suchrecoveryshallnotbepermitteduntiltheprojectisoperationalandproducesrenewable |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33naturalgasforcustomeruse;and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 (4)Thepublicservicecommissionmaypromulgateruleslimitedtoits |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35rulemakingauthorityunderthissubsection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthat |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36termisdefinedinsection536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthis |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37sectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoallofthe |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38provisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39536arenonseverableandifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassembly |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40pursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannul |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41arulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthority |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42andanyruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2024,shallbeinvalidandvoid. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43 3.Afilingbyagascorporationpursuanttotherenewablenaturalgasprogramcreated |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44insubsection2ofthissectionshallinclude,butisnotlimitedto: |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45 (1)Aproposaltoprocureatotalvolumeofrenewablenaturalgasoveraspecific |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46period;[and] |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47 (2)Identificationofthequalifiedinvestmentsthatthegascorporationmaymakein |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48renewablenaturalgasinfrastructure; and |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49 (3)Atimelinefortheinvestmentandcompletionoftheproposedrenewable |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50naturalgasinfrastructure. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51 4.Agascorporationmayfromtimetotimerevisethefilingsubmittedtothe |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52commissionunderthissectionnomorethanonetimeperyear. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 53 5.Anycostsincurredbyagascorporationforaqualifiedinvestmentthatareprudent, |
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| 66 | 66 | | 54just,andreasonablemayberecoveredbymeansofanautomaticrateadjustmentclause. |
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| 67 | 67 | | HB2193 2 55 6.Thecommissionshallissueadecisiononanyfilingmadebyagascorporation |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56underthissectionwithinninetydaysofsubmission. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57 [6.]7.Whenagascorporationmakesaqualifiedinvestmentintheproductionof |
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| 70 | 70 | | 58renewablenaturalgas,thecostsassociatedwithsuchqualifiedinvestmentshallincludethe |
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| 71 | 71 | | 59costofcapitalestablishedbythecommissioninthegascorporation'smostrecentgeneralrate |
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| 72 | 72 | | 60case. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 61 [7.]8.OnorbeforeJanuary1,[2023] 2026, thedivisionofenergywithinthe |
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| 74 | 74 | | 62departmentofnaturalresourcesshallprovidetothechairofthepublicservicecommission, |
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| 75 | 75 | | 63thespeakerofthehouseofrepresentatives,thepresidentprotemporeofthesenate,thechair |
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| 76 | 76 | | 64ofthesenatecommitteeoncommerce,consumerprotection,energy,andtheenvironment,and |
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| 77 | 77 | | 65thechairofthehouseofrepresentativesutilitycommittee,areportontherenewablenatural |
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| 78 | 78 | | 66gasprogramestablishedunderthissection.Suchreportshallinclude,butnotbelimitedto, |
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| 79 | 79 | | 67thefollowing: |
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| 80 | 80 | | 68 (1)Thenumberofprojectssubmittedfortherenewablenaturalgasprogramandthe |
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| 81 | 81 | | 69numberofprojectsapprovedfortherenewablenaturalgasprogram; |
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| 82 | 82 | | 70 (2)Thenumberofprojectsthatareoperational,andthecosts,projectedandactual,of |
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| 83 | 83 | | 71suchprojectsandotherkeymetricsthedivisionofenergydeemsimportant; |
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| 84 | 84 | | 72 (3)Thevolumeofrenewablenaturalgasproducedinthestatethroughprojectsthat |
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| 85 | 85 | | 73wereapprovedbytherenewablenaturalgasprogramaswellasthepercentageofrenewable |
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| 86 | 86 | | 74naturalgasproducedinrelationtothetotalvolumeofnaturalgassoldinthestate; |
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| 87 | 87 | | 75 (4)Theenvironmentalbenefitsofrenewablenaturalgas,includingbutnotlimitedto |
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| 88 | 88 | | 76greenhousegasreductionasaresultoftheproductionofrenewablenaturalgas; |
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| 89 | 89 | | 77 (5)Theeconomicbenefitsoftherenewablenaturalgasprogram,includingbutnot |
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| 90 | 90 | | 78limitedtolocalemployment,value-addedproductionfortheagriculturalsector,andother |
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| 91 | 91 | | 79economicdevelopment;and |
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| 92 | 92 | | 80 (6)Anyeconomicbenefitsorothercoststoratepayers. |
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| 93 | 93 | | 81 [8.]9.Rulesadoptedbythecommissionunderthissectionshallnotprohibitan |
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| 94 | 94 | | 82affiliateofagascorporationfrommakingacapitalinvestmentinabiogasproductionproject |
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| 95 | 95 | | 83iftheaffiliateisnotapublicutilityasdefinedinsection386.020. |
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| 96 | 96 | | 84 [9.Thepublicservicecommissionmaypromulgaterulestoimplementtheprovisions |
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| 97 | 97 | | 85ofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefinedinsection536.010,thatis |
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| 98 | 98 | | 86createdundertheauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshallbecomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplies |
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| 99 | 99 | | 87withandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter536and,ifapplicable,section536.028. |
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| 100 | 100 | | 88Thissectionandchapter536arenonseverableandifanyofthepowersvestedwiththe |
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| 101 | 101 | | 89generalassemblypursuanttochapter536toreview,todelaytheeffectivedate,orto |
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| 102 | 102 | | 90disapproveandannularulearesubsequentlyheldunconstitutional,thenthegrantof |
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| 103 | 103 | | HB2193 3 91rulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedoradoptedafterAugust28,2021,shallbeinvalid |
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| 104 | 104 | | 92andvoid.] |
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| 105 | 105 | | 93 10.Pursuanttosection23.253oftheMissourisunsetact,thissectionandanyrules |
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| 106 | 106 | | 94enactedunderthissectionshallexpirenineyearsfromthedatethecommissionpromulgates |
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| 107 | 107 | | 95rulestoimplementtherenewablenaturalgasprogram[isestablished], unlessreauthorized |
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| 108 | 108 | | 96bythegeneralassembly;providedthatanyrateadjustmentauthorizedbythissectionshall |
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| 109 | 109 | | 97continuesolongastherenewablenaturalgasprogramremainsinoperationandproduces |
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| 110 | 110 | | 98renewablenaturalgasforcustomeruse. |
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| 111 | 111 | | âś” |
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| 112 | 112 | | HB2193 4 |
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