Today! Please Call!

[from Helen Livingston, Laurinburg]

Below is an email that I sent to Senator Purcell. In case you have time to make some calls, I have listed committee members of the Senate Ag Committee. The meeting starts at 11:00 am on Tuesday, 5/15. Also included are excerpts from the Senate and the House Bills. I am sorry about the short notice.

Other than including municipal solid waste as a Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), these are grand bills, so be sure to include appreciation!

Thanks,
Helen


---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Helen Livingston < livingston.helen@gmail.com>Date: May 14, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: SB3To: "Senator William R. Purcell" < Williamp@ncleg.net>
Hello Bill,

I understand that the Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources is taking up SB3, the Renewable Energy Bill, on Tuesday, May 15th. The house equivilant does not include municipal solid waste as a renewable source. The waste industry very much wants state and federal tax dollars for their latest (unproven) "state of the art" technologies, under Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards. To do so would take funds and focus away from research and development leading to genuine energy efficiency progress. More trash leads in the opposite direction to the real solution, zero waste. The industry's interest in corporate profits provides powerful PR and lobbying. Please do not allow that to dilute NC's potential to accomplish true energy efficiency and environmental safety.

With appreciation,

Helen Livingston

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Members of Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources
Chairman
Sen. Charles W. Albertson
Vice Chairman
Sen. Austin M. Allran
Vice Chairman
Sen. Bob Atwater
Vice Chairman
Sen. Janet Cowell
Vice Chairman
Sen. Eleanor Kinnaird
Vice Chairman
Sen. A. B Swindell
Vice Chairman
Sen. David F. Weinstein
Members
Sen. Daniel G. Clodfelter , Sen. Stan Bingham, Sen. Andrew C. Brock, Sen. Harry Brown, Sen. Don East, Sen. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. , Sen. Clark Jenkins, Sen. Ed Jones , Sen. Jean Preston, Sen. Joe Sam Queen , Sen. Fred Smith, Sen. John Snow , Sen. Jerry W. Tillman

Below for both bills:
SECTION 2. Article 7 of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:"§ 62‑133.7. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS).
(a) As used in this section:
(4) [Senate] 'Renewable energy resource' means a solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, ocean current or wave energy resource; a biomass resource, including agricultural waste, animal waste, wood waste, energy crop, or landfill methane; or hydrogen derived from a renewable energy resource. 'Renewable energy resource' does not include a fossil fuel or nuclear energy resource. [note: see house bill below, which "does not include ... municipal solid waste ...".]
(4) [House] 'Renewable energy resource' means a solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, ocean current or wave energy resource; a biomass resource, including agricultural waste, animal waste, wood waste, energy crop, or landfill methane; or hydrogen, metered waste heat, or other metered thermal energy derived from a renewable energy resource. 'Renewable energy resource' does not include a fossil fuel, municipal solid waste, or nuclear energy resource. 'Renewable energy resource' does not include renewable energy generated as part of the NC Green Power Program. [note: this is the preferred wording for the Senate Bill]
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Below is further detail about the two bills, FYI.

SB 3
Short Title: Promote Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency.
(Public)
Sponsors:
Senators Albertson; Allran, Atwater, Bingham, Boseman, Cowell, Dalton, Jenkins, Kinnaird, Purcell, Queen, Snow, Stevens, Tillman, and Weinstein.
Referred to:
Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to promote the development of renewable energy and ENERGY EFFICIENCY in the state through implementation of a ten percent renewable ENERGY and ENERGY Efficiency portfolio Standard (REPS).
(1) 'Electric power supplier' means a public utility, an electric membership corporation, or a municipality that sells electric power to retail electric power customers in the State.
(2) 'Energy efficiency measure' means a physical change to a building or equipment implemented on or after 1 January 2007 that results in a permanent reduction in overall demand for electric power while maintaining the same or improved level of energy service.
(3) 'New renewable energy facility' means a facility that generates electric power that is placed into service on or after 1 January 2007 and that delivers electric power generated by the use of a renewable energy resource to an electric power supplier.
(4) 'Renewable energy resource' means a solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, ocean current or wave energy resource; a biomass resource, including agricultural waste, animal waste, wood waste, energy crop, or landfill methane; or hydrogen derived from a renewable energy resource. 'Renewable energy resource' does not include a fossil fuel or nuclear energy resource. [note: see house bill below, which also"does not include municipal solid waste".]

HOUSE BILL 77
Short Title: Promote Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency-2.
(Public)
Sponsors:
Representatives Harrison, J. Harrell, Martin, Justice (Primary Sponsors); Adams, Alexander, Allen, Bell, Bordsen, Braxton, Brown, Bryant, Carney, Church, Coates, Cole, Coleman, Dickson, England, Farmer‑Butterfield, Fisher, Glazier, Goforth, Goodwin, Haire, Hall, T. Harrell, Holliman, Hurley, Insko, Jeffus, Jones, Love, Luebke, McAllister, McLawhorn, Owens, Parmon, Pierce, Rapp, Ross, Saunders, Spear, Stiller, Thomas, Tolson, Tucker, Underhill, Wainwright, E. Warren, Weiss, Wiley, Wilkins, Williams, Womble, and Wray.
Referred to:
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.
February 6, 2007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to promote the development of renewable energy and ENERGY EFFICIENCY in the state through implementation of a twenty percent renewable ENERGY and ENERGY Efficiency portfolio Standard (REPS).
SECTION 2. Article 7 of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 62‑133.7. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS).
(a) As used in this section:
(1) 'Electric power supplier' means a public utility, an electric membership corporation, or a municipality that sells electric power to retail electric power customers in the State.
(2) 'Energy efficiency measure' means a physical change to a building or equipment implemented on or after 1 January 2007 that results in a permanent reduction in overall demand for grid‑connected electric power while maintaining the same or improved level of energy service. 'Energy efficiency measure' includes combined heat and power (CHP) or other thermal energy. 'Energy efficiency measure' includes a demand response measure or load limiting measure only to the extent that the measure results in a demonstrated, long-term shift in the consumption of electric power by a retail customer from a peak demand period to a nonpeak demand period.
(3) 'New renewable energy facility' means a facility that generates electric power that was first placed into service on or after 1 January 2007 and that delivers electric power generated by the use of a renewable energy resource to an electric power supplier.
(4) 'Renewable energy resource' means a solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, ocean current or wave energy resource; a biomass resource, including agricultural waste, animal waste, wood waste, energy crop, or landfill methane; or hydrogen, metered waste heat, or other metered thermal energy derived from a renewable energy resource. 'Renewable energy resource' does not include a fossil fuel, municipal solid waste, or nuclear energy resource. 'Renewable energy resource' does not include renewable energy generated as part of the NC Green Power Program. [note: this is the preferred wording for the Senate Bill]