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| 3 | 3 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE BILL NO. 409 |
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| 5 | 5 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 6 | 6 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FITZWATER. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 0680S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | To amend chapter 386, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the reduction of |
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| 10 | 10 | | carbon emissions. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Section A. Chapter 386, RSMo, is amended by adding t hereto 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | one new section, to be known as section 386.897, to read as 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | follows:3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 386.897. If any state agency develops a plan to reduce 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | statewide emissions of carbon dioxide from electric 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | generating facilities owned or operated by public utilities, 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | as defined in section 386.020, the plan shall achieve the 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | carbon dioxide reduction goal through electric generation 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | from clean energy sources, with considerations for 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | transmission and distribution, grid modernization, storage, 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | energy demand, energy effic iency measures, and the latest 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | technological advances to achieve the most cost -effective 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | measures for the implementation of the plan. For purposes 10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | of this section, "clean energy" means energy derived from 11 |
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| 27 | 27 | | sunlight, wind, falling water, biomass, waste, landfill gas, 12 |
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| 28 | 28 | | municipal solid waste, wave motion, tides, geothermal power, 13 |
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| 29 | 29 | | and nuclear power, but does not include energy derived from 14 |
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| 30 | 30 | | coal, oil, or natural gas. 15 |
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