This bill directs the Governor's Energy Office to create and maintain a publicly accessible database of fully permitted or constructed energy facilities using renewable resources that may be used to identify land use trends. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, in collaboration with the Governor's Energy Office and the Public Utilities Commission and other state agencies, stakeholders and research institutions, to develop a plan to implement a dual-use energy pilot program and requires the department to submit a report with a plan for implementing a pilot program to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agriculture, conservation and forestry matters; energy and utilities matters; and environment and natural resources matters no later than February 1, 2025. Each joint standing committee is authorized to submit a bill relating to the subject matter of the report to the First Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1227, HP 775: 2.9