This bill makes various changes to the Energy Facility Siting Act. It adds new sections that emphasize the importance of reasonably priced and reliable sources of energy, the impact of energy facilities on public health and safety and the environment, and the need for coordinated decision-making and evaluation of proposals. The bill also adds new sections that define "advisory agencies" and require them to function at the direction of the Energy Facilities Siting Board. The bill aims to improve the regulation and siting of major energy facilities by addressing issues of overlapping jurisdiction, defining the role of each agency involved in the siting process, and establishing a coordinated decision-making process.

The bill also amends the definition of "major facility" to include non-generating energy facilities, electric transmission lines, facilities for the conversion, gasification, treatment, transfer, or storage of liquefied natural and liquefied petroleum gases, facilities for the processing, enrichment, storage, or disposal of nuclear fuels or nuclear byproducts, facilities for the refining of oil, gas, or other petroleum products, and facilities associated with the transfer of oil, gasoline, and coal via pipeline. It also increases the number of members on the siting board from three to five, allows members to select their own designees, and allows the board to appoint hearing officers. The bill also includes provisions related to the board's decision-making process, access to records, and protection of trade secrets and confidential information.