Assembly Bill No. 296–Assemblymen Weber, Geddes, Anderson, Sherer, Leslie, Buckley, Horne, Mabey and Pierce

 

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AN ACT relating to energy; providing a multiplier for electricity generated by certain renewable energy systems for the purpose of calculating compliance with a portfolio standard for renewable energy; deeming electricity generated by certain processes to be electricity not generated by a renewable energy system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. Chapter 704 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act.

    Sec. 2.  For the purpose of complying with a portfolio

standard established pursuant to NRS 704.7821, a provider shall

be deemed to have generated or acquired 2.4 kilowatt-hours of

electricity from a renewable energy system for each 1.0 kilowatt-

hour of actual electricity generated or acquired from a solar

photovoltaic system, if:

    1.  The system is installed on the premises of a retail

customer; and

    2.  On an annual basis, at least 50 percent of the electricity

generated by the system is utilized by the retail customer on that

premises.

    Sec. 3.  1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any

electricity generated by a provider using any system that involves

drawing or creating electricity from tires must be deemed to have

not come from a renewable energy system for the purpose of

complying with a portfolio standard established pursuant to

NRS 704.7821.

    2.  For the purpose of complying with a portfolio standard

established pursuant to NRS 704.7821, a provider shall be deemed

to have generated or acquired 0.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity

from a renewable energy system for each 1.0 kilowatt-hour of

actual electricity generated or acquired from a system that utilizes

a reverse polymerization process, if:

    (a) The system is installed on the premises of a retail

customer; and

    (b) On an annual basis, at least 50 percent of the electricity

generated by the system is utilized by the retail customer on that

premises.

    3.  As used in this section:

    (a) “Reverse polymerization process” means a process that

generates electricity from a tire that:

        (1) Uses microwave reduction; and

        (2) Does not involve combustion of the tire.

    (b) “Tire” includes any tire for any vehicle or device in, upon

or by which any person or property is or may be transported or

drawn upon land.

    Sec. 4.  NRS 704.7801 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    704.7801 As used in NRS 704.7801 to 704.7828, inclusive,

and sections 2 and 3 of this act, unless the context otherwise

requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 704.7805 to

704.7818, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those

sections.

    Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective on January 1, 2004.

 

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