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| 1 | - | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Energy By: Senator(s) Carter Senate Bill 2231 | |
| 1 | + | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Energy By: Senator(s) Carter Senate Bill 2231 AN ACT TO DESCRIBE PERMISSIBLE SOURCES OF CLEAN ENERGY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) A political subdivision that through ordinance, resolution or other regulation imposes requirements or expectations related to the source of clean energy used by a public utility shall include the following as permissible sources: (a) Solar energy; (b) Photovoltaic cells and panels; (c) Hydropower; (d) Wind power; (e) Hydrogen fuel; (f) Nuclear power; (g) Natural gas; (h) Fuel cells; (i) Energy from waste-to-energy facilities; (j) Energy storage systems or technologies; (k) Geothermal energy; (l) Dedicated crops grown for energy production; (m) Industrial byproduct technologies that use fuel or energy that is a byproduct of an industrial process; (n) Waste heat recovery from capturing and reusing the waste heat in an industrial process for heating or generating mechanical or electric work; (o) Combined heat and power systems; (p) Pumped storage hydropower; and (q) Compressed air energy storage. (2) A public utility required by a political subdivision to implement or comply with requirements or expectations related to the source of clean energy used by the public utility meets the requirement if the public utility uses one (1) or more of the sources listed in subsection (1) of this section. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025. | |
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| 3 | 3 | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE | |
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| 5 | 5 | 2025 Regular Session | |
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| 7 | 7 | To: Energy | |
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| 9 | 9 | By: Senator(s) Carter | |
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| 11 | 11 | # Senate Bill 2231 | |
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| 13 | - | ## (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE) | |
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| 15 | 13 | AN ACT TO DESCRIBE PERMISSIBLE SOURCES OF CLEAN ENERGY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. | |
| 16 | 14 | ||
| 17 | 15 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: | |
| 18 | 16 | ||
| 19 | 17 | SECTION 1. (1) A political subdivision that through ordinance, resolution or other regulation imposes requirements or expectations related to the source of clean energy used by a public utility shall include the following as permissible sources: | |
| 20 | 18 | ||
| 21 | 19 | (a) Solar energy; | |
| 22 | 20 | ||
| 23 | 21 | (b) Photovoltaic cells and panels; | |
| 24 | 22 | ||
| 25 | 23 | (c) Hydropower; | |
| 26 | 24 | ||
| 27 | 25 | (d) Wind power; | |
| 28 | 26 | ||
| 29 | 27 | (e) Hydrogen fuel; | |
| 30 | 28 | ||
| 31 | 29 | (f) Nuclear power; | |
| 32 | 30 | ||
| 33 | 31 | (g) Natural gas; | |
| 34 | 32 | ||
| 35 | 33 | (h) Fuel cells; | |
| 36 | 34 | ||
| 37 | 35 | (i) Energy from waste-to-energy facilities; | |
| 38 | 36 | ||
| 39 | 37 | (j) Energy storage systems or technologies; | |
| 40 | 38 | ||
| 41 | 39 | (k) Geothermal energy; | |
| 42 | 40 | ||
| 43 | 41 | (l) Dedicated crops grown for energy production; | |
| 44 | 42 | ||
| 45 | 43 | (m) Industrial byproduct technologies that use fuel or energy that is a byproduct of an industrial process; | |
| 46 | 44 | ||
| 47 | 45 | (n) Waste heat recovery from capturing and reusing the waste heat in an industrial process for heating or generating mechanical or electric work; | |
| 48 | 46 | ||
| 49 | 47 | (o) Combined heat and power systems; | |
| 50 | 48 | ||
| 51 | - | (p) Pumped storage hydropower; | |
| 49 | + | (p) Pumped storage hydropower; and | |
| 52 | 50 | ||
| 53 | - | (q) Compressed air energy storage; and | |
| 54 | - | ||
| 55 | - | (r) Wood fiber products. | |
| 51 | + | (q) Compressed air energy storage. | |
| 56 | 52 | ||
| 57 | 53 | (2) A public utility required by a political subdivision to implement or comply with requirements or expectations related to the source of clean energy used by the public utility meets the requirement if the public utility uses one (1) or more of the sources listed in subsection (1) of this section. | |
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| 59 | 55 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025. |