2025 bills / H.B. 212
H.B. 212 Advanced Transmission Technologies (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill sets rules for when a large electric utility wants to install advanced transmission technology on its power lines. It requires cost-effectiveness analyses and an approval process before such projects go ahead, and lets the utility recover the approved costs.
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Official description
- defines terms
- outlines cost-effectiveness analyses and approval procedures when a large-scale electric utility (utility) proposes advanced transmission technology deployment
- provides that a utility may recover approved costs
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Every vote
- 11 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 30, 2025Who voted how
- 11 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Public Utilities and Energy Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 30, 2025Who voted how
- 74 yes, 0 no, 1 absentFinal House vote · Feb 10, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 18, 2025Who voted how
- 26 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 21, 2025Who voted how