Reference is to Printer's Date 3/7/18-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Chapter 40, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 58-40-30.
(A) There is created the 'Renewable
Energy Development Joint Study Committee' to support the
development of renewable energy resources and production
facilities to generate electricity. The study committee
specifically shall investigate, examine, and develop appropriate
recommendations addressing:
(1)
ratemaking methodologies, cost allocations, and rate
designs for all retail electric customers in South Carolina;
(2)
strategies for ensuring the fairest allocation of system
costs and benefits related to renewable energy resources and Act
236 of 2014 between consumers, including consumers who either do
or do not utilize distributed energy resources;
(3)
strategies to build upon the successful deployment of
renewable energy generating capacity through the South Carolina
Distributed Resource Act and to continue enabling market-driven,
private investment in distributed energy resources across the
State by reducing regulatory and administrative burdens to
customer installation and utilization of onsite distributed
energy resources;
(4)
the current status of the progress and implementation of
Act 236 of 2014 and strategies to enhance the act's progress and
success; and
(5)
job retention and growth in the renewable energy
industry.
(B) The study committee
must be composed of the following members:
(1)
one member of the House of Representatives appointed by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(2)
one member of the House of Representatives appointed by
the majority leader of the House of Representatives;
(3)
one member of the House of Representatives appointed by
the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
(4)
one member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate;
(5)
one member of the Senate appointed by the majority leader
of the Senate;
(6)
one member of the Senate appointed by the minority leader
of the Senate;
(7)
one member representing each of the following
organizations to be appointed by the Governor:
South Carolina Public Service Authority
Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc.
South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce
South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
South Carolina Manufacturing Alliance
Nucor Steel
Solbridge Energy, LLC
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
South Carolina Solar Business Alliance, LLC
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC
The Alliance for Solar Choice
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
Sierra Club
Sunrun Solar
South Carolina Energy Users Committee
Wal-Mart Stores East, LP and Sam's East, Inc.
Municipal Association of South Carolina
South Carolina Association of Counties
Conservation Voters of South Carolina
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Southern Environmental Law Center
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control
Vote Solar
Solar Energy Industry Association
South Carolina Farm Bureau
(C) The study committee
must be cochaired by the appointee of the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate and the appointee of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The study committee shall conduct its meetings
at places and times it deems necessary to enable it to perform
its duties and accomplish its objectives and purposes. the
study committee may request administrative assistance from
staffs of the House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and
Industry Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. the
members of the study committee shall serve without compensation,
and service on the committee does not constitute an office for
purposes of the South Carolina Constitution's prohibition
against dual officeholding.
(D) The study committee
shall prepare a report for the General Assembly that sets forth
its findings and recommendations. The study committee shall
deliver copies of its report to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
no later than January 8, 2019, at which time the study committee
is dissolved." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.