Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of AB32 R2 (§§ 8, 9, 15).
Amend sec. 15, page 9, line 27, by deleting “704B.310,” and inserting:
“704B.310 or a request that is filed pursuant to section 7 of Senate Bill No. 125 of this session,”.
Amend sec. 15, page 9, line 43, after “3.” by inserting:
“If an eligible customer to whom an order is issued pursuant to subsection 1 thereafter purchases energy, capacity or ancillary services from an alternative provider pursuant to section 7 of Senate Bill No. 125 of this session without obtaining the approval of the Commission, the order issued pursuant to subsection 1 continues to apply to the eligible customer.
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Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 17 and adding new sections designated sections 17 through 19, following sec. 16, to read as follows:
“Sec. 17. Section 14 of Assembly Bill No. 431 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14. 1. The Solar Energy Systems Demonstration Program is hereby created.
2. The Demonstration Program shall have three categories of participants as follows:
(a) Schools;
(b) Other public buildings; and
(c) Private residences and small businesses.
3. A person is eligible to participate in the Demonstration Program if the person:
(a) To install a solar energy system, uses an installer who has been issued a classification C-2 license with the appropriate subclassification by the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Board; and
(b) For a participant in the category of schools or a participant in the category of public buildings, provides for the public display of the solar energy system, including, without limitation, providing for public demonstrations of the solar energy system and for hands-on experience of the solar energy system by the public.
[4. In addition to the requirements of subsection 3, to be eligible to participate in the Demonstration Program, a person must be approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
5. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada shall adopt regulations providing for the qualifications an applicant must meet to qualify to participate in the Demonstration Program in the particular category of:
(a) Schools;
(b) Other public buildings; or
(c) Private residences or small businesses.]
Sec. 18. Section 19 of Assembly Bill No. 431 of this session is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19. 1. After the participant installs the solar energy system included in the Demonstration Program, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada shall issue to the participant [the following] renewable energy credits for use within the system of renewable energy credits adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.7821 [:
(a) For a participant in the category of schools or a participant in the category of other public buildings, the participant is entitled to renewable energy credits] equal to [twice] 2.4 times the actual or estimated kilowatt-hour production of the solar energy system . [of the participant for a period of not less than 10 years.
(b) For a participant in the category for private residences and small businesses, the participant is entitled to renewable energy credits equal to the actual or estimated kilowatt-hour production of the solar energy system of the participant.]
2. The Commission shall designate the renewable energy credits issued to the participant pursuant to subsection 1 as renewable energy credits generated or acquired from solar renewable energy systems. The participant may transfer the renewable energy credits to a utility if the participant complies with the regulations adopted by the Commission to complete such a transfer.
3. The Commission shall adopt regulations to provide for the requirements and the procedures that a participant must follow to transfer renewable energy credits from the participant to a utility.
Sec. 19. 1. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.
2. Sections 17 and 18 of this act expire by limitation on June 30, 2007.”.
Amend the title of the bill, eighteenth line, after “circumstances;” by inserting:
“revising provisions relating to the Solar Energy Systems Demonstration Program;”.