Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Executive Action in Senate Energy on SB 104

The Montana Senate Energy & Telecommunications took executive action on several minor bills yesterday, and also Senate Bill 104. SB 104 is proposed by freshman Senator Jason Priest, and is designed to inhibit the authority of the Montana PSC to implement inverted block rates.  The committee voted 7-5 on party lines to advance the bill to the full Senate.

The Committee also passed SB 7, which would require the reporting of the price and quantity paid for renewable energy credits, to the full Senate.

There was no action taken on SB 109, which would increase PPLs market power in Montana and effectively eliminate the Montana RPS standard. The Committee is expected to take up that bill on Thursday @ 3:00pm, though the Committee is expected to be occupied with SJ 4 & SJ 5 which call on congress to enact a balanced budget and term limits.  

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