Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override a Governor's veto and pass a bill that establishes and creates a new fossil fuel commission in Kentucky.

Highlights:

• Establishes and creates a new fossil fuel commission in Kentucky, whose membership includes significant fossil fuel interests (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that utilities would have to give notice about plans to retire a fossil fuel-fired power plant before officially filing such a plan before the state’s utility regulator, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies the commission shall create a report for each retirement request analyzing the impacts of and alternatives to the request, including impacts on the state’s electricity supply and whether the retirement would create a “loss of revenue” for local and state government (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override a Governor's veto and pass a bill that establishes and creates a new fossil fuel commission in Kentucky.

Highlights:

• Establishes and creates a new fossil fuel commission in Kentucky, whose membership includes significant fossil fuel interests (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that utilities would have to give notice about plans to retire a fossil fuel-fired power plant before officially filing such a plan before the state’s utility regulator, the Kentucky Public Service Commission (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies the commission shall create a report for each retirement request analyzing the impacts of and alternatives to the request, including impacts on the state’s electricity supply and whether the retirement would create a “loss of revenue” for local and state government (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vetoed by Governor Andy Beshear