House Amendment 9
H 5118 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Electrical Utilities, Electricity Regulation, and Economic Development

Rep. Ott proposes the following amendment (LC-5118.DG0034H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 7, by striking Section 58-38-20(4) and inserting:

 (4) The topography of South Carolina, with its coastal plains and low country, confronts further complications. While the State possesses renewable energy resources like hydropower potential from its rivers and lakes and biomass from wood and landfill gas, the lack of sustainable energy production exacerbates the energy deficit. It is critical that South Carolina provide safe, reliable, and affordable energy.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 37, by striking subsection (A) and inserting:

(A) To foster economic development and future jobs in this State resulting from the supply-chains associated with the same while supporting the significant and growing energy and capacity needs of the State, enhance grid resiliency, and maintain reliability, the General Assembly finds that the State of South Carolina should take steps necessary to encourage the development of a diverse mix of long-lead, clean generation resources that may include advanced small modular reactors, biomass as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2) of the S.C. Code, hydrogen-capable resources, and the Carolina Long Bay Project, and should preserve the option of efficiency development of such long-lead resources with timely actions to establish or maintain eligibility for or capture available tax or other financial incentives or address operational needs.

Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 58-40-10(F) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (F) "Renewable energy resource" means solar photovoltaic and solar thermal resources, wind resources, hydroelectric resources, geothermal resources, tidal and wave energy resources, recycling resources, hydrogen fuel derived from renewable resources, combined heat and power derived from renewable resources, and biomass resources as defined in Section 12-63-20(B)(2).