Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Energy Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1198
Microgrid and Grid Resiliency Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE "THE MICROGRID AND GRID RESILIENCY ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO MICROGRIDS; TO PROVIDE THAT EITHER THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN EACH COUNTY MAY PETITION THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO DESIGNATE NO MORE THAN THREE AREAS OF UNINCORPORATED STATE LAND WITHIN THE COUNTY CONSTITUTING NOT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED CONTINUOUS ACRES AS A MICROGRID ZONE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL OVERSEE INDIVIDUAL MICROGRIDS BUILT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE MICROGRID ZONE; TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE AND HEARING ON SUCH PETITION; TO REQUIRE MICROGRID OPERATORS WITHIN THE MICROGRID ZONE UPON THE POINT OF GRID CONNECTION TO PROVIDE UP TO TWENTY PERCENT OF ITS GENERATION IN A DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO ENSURE GRID STABILITY; TO REQUIRE MICROGRID OPERATORS WITHIN THE MICROGRID ZONE UPON THE POINT OF GRID CONNECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN AN SECONDARY FREQUENCY RESPONSE IN ORDER TO ENSURE GRID STABILITY; TO REQUIRE MICROGRID OPERATORS WITHIN THE MICROGRID ZONE UPON THE POINT OF GRID CONNECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN A PRIMARY FREQUENCY RESPONSE IN ORDER TO ENSURE GRID STABILITY; TO PROVIDE THAT PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION RATE REGULATION, SHALL NOT APPLY TO RATES CHARGED FOR THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY TO CERTAIN CUSTOMERS; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO REDUCE, MODIFY, ELIMINATE OR OTHERWISE ALTER ANY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL LAW OR ANY LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL TAX THAT MAY BE IMPOSED; TO REQUIRE MICROGRID DEVELOPERS TO APPLY FOR A GRID INTERCONNECTION BEFORE IT BEGINS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MICROGRID; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH MICROGRID DEVELOPERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WAIT FOR APPROVAL BEFORE BUILDING OUT THEIR OPERATIONS; TO REQUIRE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT AND PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO APPLY FOR AND OPERATE A COMMUNITY LEVEL MICROGRID; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT APPLY TO CONTRACTS FOR UTILITY SERVICES EXISTING PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, EXCEPT FOR COMMUNITY LEVEL MICROGRIDS, UNLESS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
EnergyJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.