Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 73, OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF, page 428, after line 13, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/ 73.___. (ORS: RTO Study Committee) (A) There is created the Regional Transmission Organization Study Committee to make regional transmission entities (RTEs), including regional transmission organizations, that satisfy the minimum criteria established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under 18 C.F.R. 35.34. The study committee shall address how the State's retail electric consumers would benefit from investor-owned utilities in South Carolina joining or establishing an RTE.
(B) The study committee shall be comprised of:
(1) the Director of the Office of Regulatory Staff or his designee;
(2) three members of the Senate appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, one of whom must be from the minority party;
(3) three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, one of whom must be from the minority party;
(4) two representatives of the renewable energy community who primarily engage in the development of utility scale solar projects in South Carolina and who are appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee;
(5) one designee from Duke Energy;
(6) one designee from Dominion Power;
(7) two representatives of commercial consumers of electricity in investor-owned utility service territory in South Carolina who are appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee;
(8) two representatives of residential consumers of electricity in investor-owned utility service territory in South Carolina or the AARP who are appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee;
(9) two representatives of industrial consumers of electricity in investor-owned utility service territory in South Carolina who are appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee;
(10) two representatives of the environmental community appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee;
(11) one designee of the South Carolina Electric Cooperatives;
(12) two representatives of South Carolina's renewable energy industry primarily engaged in the sale, lease, or installation of rooftop solar systems; and
(13) one designee of the Solar Energy Industries Association.
(C) The study committee shall be staffed by the House of Representatives and Senate staff.
(D) The study committee shall provide a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2019, at which time the study committee shall dissolve, unless the committee is extended by the General Assembly./
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