GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S D
SENATE BILL DRS45294-RI-11
Short Title: Expand CEPS/Nuclear and Hydro. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Jarvis (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
*DRS45294 -RI-11*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO EXPAND THE CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD TO INCLUDE 2
EXISTING NUCLEAR AND LARGE HYDROELECTRIC POWER FACILITIES. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 62-133.8 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 62-133.8. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (CEPS). 6
(a) Definitions. – As used in this section: 7
… 8
(4c) "New clean energy facility" means: 9
a. A new renewable energy facility; or 10
b. Facilities placed into service on or after January 1, 2007, which that 11
are either (i) a nuclear energy facility, including an uprate to a nuclear 12
energy facility, or (ii) a fusion energy facility. 13
(5) "New renewable energy facility" means a renewable energy facility that 14
either: 15
a. Was placed into service on or after January 1, 2007. 16
b. Delivers or has delivered electric power to an electric power supplier 17
pursuant to a contract with NC GreenPower Corporation that was 18
entered into prior to January 1, 2007. 19
c. Is a hydroelectric power facility with a generation capacity of 10 20
megawatts or less that delivers electric power to an electric power 21
supplier. 22
…." 23
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 24
FILED SENATE
Mar 25, 2025
S.B. 730
PRINCIPAL CLERK