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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1)(a) To the extent that it is cost-effective to do so, beginning in 2025 the annual retail electric sales in this state of each municipal electric utility shall consist of qualifying electricity or renewable energy certificates in an amount equal to at least 20% of adjusted retail electric sales.
(b) The amount under Subsection (1)(a) is computed based upon adjusted retail sales for the calendar year commencing 36 months before the first day of the year for which the target calculated under Subsection (1)(a) applies.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (1)(a) and (b) an increase in the annual target from one year to the next is limited to the greater of:
(i) 17,500 megawatt-hours; or
(ii) 20% of the prior year's amount under Subsections (1)(a) and (b).
(2) Cost-effectiveness under Subsection (1) is determined using any criteria applicable to the municipal electric utility's acquisition of a significant energy resource established by the municipality's legislative body.
(3) This section does not require a municipal electric utility to:
(a) substitute qualifying electricity for electricity from a generation source owned or contractually committed, or from a contractual commitment for a power purchase;
(b) enter into any additional electric sales commitment or any other arrangement for the sale or other disposition of electricity that is not already, or would not be, entered into by the municipal electric utility; or
(c) acquire qualifying electricity in excess of its adjusted retail electric sales.
(4) A municipal electrical corporation may combine the following to meet Subsection (1):
(a) qualifying electricity from a clean energy source owned by the municipal electric utility;
(b) qualifying electricity acquired by the municipal electric utility through trade, power purchase, or other transfer; and
(c) a bundled or unbundled renewable energy certificate, including a banked renewable energy certificate.
(5) To meet Subsection (1), a municipal electric utility may also count:
(a) qualifying electricity generated or acquired or renewable energy certificates acquired for a program permitting the municipal electric utility's customers to voluntarily contribute to a renewable energy source; and
(b) electricity allocated to this state that is produced by a hydroelectric facility becoming operational after December 31, 2007, if the hydroelectric facility is located in any state in which the municipal electric utility, or the interlocal entity with which the municipal electric utility has a contract, provides electric service.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 10. Utah Municipal Code § 10-19-201. Target amount of qualifying electricity--Renewable energy certificate--Cost-effectiveness - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-10-utah-municipal-code/ut-code-sect-10-19-201/
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