| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO EXPAND THE CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO STANDARD TO INCLUDE 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | EXISTING NUCLEAR AND LARGE HYDROELECTRIC POWER FACILITIES. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 62-133.8 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "§ 62-133.8. Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (CEPS). 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | (a) Definitions. – As used in this section: 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | … 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | (4c) "New clean energy facility" means: 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | a. A new renewable energy facility; or 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | b. Facilities placed into service on or after January 1, 2007, which that 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | are either (i) a nuclear energy facility, including an uprate to a nuclear 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | energy facility, or (ii) a fusion energy facility. 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | (5) "New renewable energy facility" means a renewable energy facility that 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | either: 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | a. Was placed into service on or after January 1, 2007. 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | b. Delivers or has delivered electric power to an electric power supplier 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | pursuant to a contract with NC GreenPower Corporation that was 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | entered into prior to January 1, 2007. 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | c. Is a hydroelectric power facility with a generation capacity of 10 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | megawatts or less that delivers electric power to an electric power 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | supplier. 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | …." 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 24 |
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