Senate Amendment 14
H 3309 - Session 126 (2025-2026)
Electrical Utilities

Senator Young proposes the following amendment (SR-3309.QG0005S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 9, by striking Section 13-7-810 and inserting:

 Section 13-7-810. There is hereby established a Nuclear Advisory Council in the Department of AdministrationOffice of Regulatory Staff, which shall be responsible to the Executive Director of the Department of AdministrationOffice of Regulatory Staff and report to the Governor. The Council shall be referred to as the Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 9, by striking Section 13-7-820(4) and (5) and inserting:

 (4) to meet at the call of the chair or at a minimum twice a year; and
 (5) to engage stakeholders and to monitor activities at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site, electric utility company nuclear reactor facilities, and nuclear fuel manufacturing facilities in the State, and
 (5) (6) to engage stakeholders and develop a strategic plan to advance the development of nuclear generation, including advanced nuclear generation such as small modular reactors, molten salt reactors, fusion energy, and spent nuclear fuel recycling facilities and fusion energy to serve customers in this State in the most economical manner at the earliest reasonable time possible.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 9, Section 13-7-840, by striking the MACROBUTTON NoMacro <> undesignated paragraph and inserting:

 The council shall consist of nineten members. One at-large member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the House of Representatives and one at-large member shall be appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership of the Senate. SevenEightNine members shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: two shall be actively involved in the area of environmental protection; one shall have experience in the generation of power by nuclear means; one shall have experience in the field of nuclear activities other than power generation; two shall be scientists or engineers from the faculties of institutions of higher learning in the State; and onetwo shall be from the public at large;, and one shall be from the Office of Regulatory Staff. The Governor's Office of Regulatory Staff appointment of which one shall be appointed to serve as the chairman and director of the Nuclear Advisory Council. The terms of the members of the council appointed by the Governor shall be coterminous with that of the appointing Governor, but they shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.