Abstract: Provides for energy security and affordability and provides the criteria for reliable energy sources including green energy and clean energy.
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Proposed law defines "affordable", "dispatchable", "foreign adversary country", and "reliable".
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Proposed law provides for the Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources to work with the Public Service Commission to ensure the state's energy sources, including fuel for nuclear reactors, are domestically produced and that infrastructure that minimizes reliance on foreign energy sources are prioritized.
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Proposed law provides for energy sources to include only those that are affordable, reliable, cost effective, and dispatchable.
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Proposed law provides for reliable energy sources to be dispatchable and to include energy generated by hydrocarbons as a resource and to provide for grid stability.
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Proposed law specifies that green energy includes energy generated by utilizing those energy sources listed in federal law (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)) or, in the case of hydrocarbons, when combusted for the purpose of electricity generation meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
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Proposed law provides that green energy includes energy generated by nuclear reactors and energy generated using natural gas as a resource.
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Proposed law provides that the meaning of "green energy" in proposed law is applicable to all programs within the state that fund any "clean energy" or "green energy" initiatives.