View Amendment Current Amendment: 37 to Bill 4025

S E N A T E A M E N D M E N T

   AMENDMENT NO. _____

ALLEN/NEWBOULT

CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT April 23, 2025

3108960889000

ADOPTEDTABLEDCARRIED OVERFAILEDRECONSIDERED

Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.4025  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/22/25-S.)

04572000

 Senator CAMPSEN proposes the following amendment (SA\4025C007.JN.SA25.DOCX):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 73, OFFICE OF REGULATORY STAFF, page 447, after line 32, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (ORS: Coal Plant Conversion) From the funds appropriated to the Office of Regulatory Staff, in collaboration with the investor-owned utilities and the South Carolina Public Service Authority, as appropriate, the office shall evaluate the feasibility of converting retiring coal plants into biomass plants fueled by woodchips or other organic matter. The Office of Regulatory Staff may engage third parties with relevant prior experience conducting similar evaluations. The cost of any experts and consultants engaged by the Office of Regulatory Staff for purposes of this proviso shall be assessed to the electrical utilities pro rata based on their five-year average of retail peak demand and shall be recoverable by the electrical utilities through their base rate for fuel costs established pursuant to Section 58-27-865.   / 

 Renumber sections to conform.

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.