2021 Climate Utah Bill Tracker

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1	Climate Legislation
2	Bill #	Bill Name	Sponsors	Status	Resources	Summary
3	HCR005	Concurrent Resolution Encouraging Statewide Emissions Reduction Goals	Rep. Handy	not heard - dead	Utah Roadmap in Brief	Adopts the reduction goals for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions recommended by the “Utah Roadmap." It calls for a reduction of 50% in criteria pollutants and a reduction of 80% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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6	HB145	Clean and Renewable Energy Requirement Amendments	Rep. Ward	not heard - dead	Action Utah Fact Sheet (2020)	Creates a standard for utilities to reach 50% of generation from solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear by 2030. The state's current target is 20% of generation by 2025.
7	HB123	Feasibility Study for Air Quality Laboratory	Rep. Handy	not heard - dead		Calls for the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) to study the feasibility of a state air quality and changing climate solutions laboratory.
8	HB263	Clean Energy Fund	Rep. Briscoe	held for study during the interim session		Helps develop a new state supported non-profit fund to provide low-interest financing to clean energy and energy efficiency projects in Utah. Leverages private and public capital to create jobs and grow Utah’s clean energy industry. Supports solar, EV, wind, energy efficiency, and other projects that have the benefit of cleaner air and a healthy climate.
9	Clean Energy & Electric Vehicle Legislation
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11	HB388	State Energy Policy Amendments	Rep. Albrecht	passed unanimously		Amends the state energy policy to respond to disruptions of electricity generation by including storage and keeping an adequate reserve of cost-effective dispatchable electricity resources. The language bounced back and forth between "base load" and "dispatchable" electricity and finally passed with the better "dispatchable" language.
12	SB245	Net Metering Amendments	Sen. Cullimore	not heard - dead		Requires the Public Service Commission to include positive externalities such as clean air, when setting net metering rates.
13	HB447	Electric Vehicle Charging Amendments	Rep. Briscoe	not heard - dead		Allows residents of condominium units and residents of rental residences to install and use an electric vehicle charging system.
14	HB017	Utility Permitting Amendments	Rep. Handy, Sen. Hinkins	passed	Utah Clean Energy blog	Oppose. Preemptively bans municipalities from requiring cleaner energy sources in new construction, ie electric heat, electric water heaters, etc. rather than natural gas fired appliances, in order to reduce criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions. Laws like this have been enacted in several states in order to prevent "natural gas bans" in new construction.
15	HB017	Utility Permitting Amendments	Rep. Handy, Sen. Hinkins	passed	EE News article
16	HB153	Energy Storage Asset Tax Credit	Rep. Handy	held for further work by sponsor		Creates a tax credit of 20% of the purchase price for the purchase of energy storage assets for commercial or industrial use.
17	HB209	Vehicle Registration Fee Revisions	Rep. Christofferson	failed on the House floor	Utah Clean Energy HB209 Action Alert	Oppose. Increases fees for electric vehicles to $300 per year, plug-in vehicles to $260 per year, and hybrid fees to $50 per year.
18	HB209	Vehicle Registration Fee Revisions	Rep. Christofferson	failed on the House floor	Ward Harrison Op-ed
19	Clean Air Legislation with Potential Climate Benefits
20	Bill #	Bill Name	Sponsors	Status	Resources	Summary
21	SB15	Workforce Solutions for Air Quality Amendments	Sen. McCay, Rep. Winder	passed unanimously		Instructs state agencies to encourage teleworking on poor air quality days and encourages them to reach 40% of employees teleworking on red air days and 70% teleworking on purple and maroon air quality days.
22		Vehicle Emissions Reduction Program	Rep. Stenquist	will not be introduced this session - hopefully studied during interim	Action Utah Fact Sheet (2020)	Takes the dirtiest cars off the road by incentivizing replacement of older, failing vehicles with cleaner vehicles.
23		Vehicle Emissions Reduction Program	Rep. Stenquist		Article
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