| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.327 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #380945 v.2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.327 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representative Logan of Burlington 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Referred to Committee on 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Date: 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Subject: Public service; energy; utilities; Public Utility Commission; labor 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require any 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | corporation regulated by the Public Utility Commission that contracts to 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | construct an energy facility to receive a line-item budget from the contractor 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | and attestation from the contractor that union labor was used on the 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | construction of the facility and the prevailing wage was paid. 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | An act relating to labor requirements for certain energy projects 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 1. 30 V.S.A. § 205a is added to read: 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | § 205a. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ENERGY FACILITIES 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) For any energy generation facility it constructs after January 1, 2025, a 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | corporation subject to supervision under this chapter shall submit to the 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Commission within 60 days after construction is completed: 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) a certified copy of any contract for the energy generation facility 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | with a line-item budget; and 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.327 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #380945 v.2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) an attestation that each contract awarded for any energy generation 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | facility with a construction cost exceeding $100,000.00: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) was constructed using unionized labor paid not less than the 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | prevailing wage published periodically by the Vermont Department of Labor 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | in its occupational employment and wage survey plus an additional fringe 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | benefit of 42.5 percent of wage, as calculated by the current Vermont 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | prevailing wage survey; or 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) if unionized labor was not available, was constructed by 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | employees paid not less than the mean prevailing wage published periodically 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | by the Vermont Department of Labor in its occupational employment and 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | wage survey plus an additional fringe benefit of 42.5 percent of wage, as 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | calculated by the current Vermont prevailing wage survey. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) As used in this section, “fringe benefits” means benefits, including paid 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | vacations and holidays, sick leave, employer contributions and reimbursements 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to health insurance and retirement benefits, and similar benefits that are 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | incidents of employment. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) The Commission shall make the documents required under this section 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | available for public review, with any personally identifiable information 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | redacted. 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 21 |
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