Montana House, Senate act on more than 100 bills Monday
The Montana House and Senate are in the middle of the busy final days before the 67th Legislative Session reaches its halfway point.
By: Jonathon Ambarian
and last updated 2021-03-02 10:56:26-05
HELENA â The Montana House and Senate are in the middle of the busy final days before the 67
th Legislative Session reaches its halfway point, which means lawmakers are deciding whether more than 100 bills remain alive.
Wednesday is the transmittal deadline when any bill that doesnât appropriate money or impact state revenues has to pass through its first chamber or it will die.
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My Turn: New Hampshire must act to protect renewable energy
Published: 3/1/2021 6:00:07 AM
The N.H. House Science, Technology and Energy Committee will be voting on a measure to reduce New Hampshire’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals with House Bill 213 (HB 213). If passed, this bill would be a major hit for renewable energy in our state because it would ultimately hurt solar rebate programs.
A little policy background: The New Hampshire RPS states that electricity suppliers obtain a certain percentage of electricity from renewable sources, which are referred to as renewable energy certificates (RECs). These RECs can come from anyone who produces renewable energy, such as home or business owners with solar panels. Electricity suppliers that cannot obtain sufficient energy from these RECs, pay alternative compliance payments (ACPs) to the Public Utility Commission. This money funds the Renewable Energy Fund and ultimately pays for various rebate and grant programs.
Feb 25, 2021
DECORAH, Iowa (AP) So many Decorah residents are putting up solar panels and installing small turbines that Alliant Energy, which serves the city of 7,700 in Winneshiek County, is nearing the limit of how much distributed energy it can host without degrading the quality of electricity in the community.
Rather than say no to more renewable energy, the utility is installing a $2.5 million battery system to store the energy and regulate voltage.
“It can absorb power when there’s too much and then, later in the day, when the sun goes down, we can release that energy and let it flow back onto the system,” said Sarah Martz, manager of distribution engineering at Alliant.
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President Joe Biden’s legislative climate agenda has kind of fallen out of the news. Lawmakers are focused on what the Biden administration calls the “economic-rescue bill,” the one with the $1,400 checks. The climate content will come in the second, “economic-recovery” package.
Yet this lull has concealed quite a bit of activity.