A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to expand the clean energy portfolio standard to include existing nuclear and large hydroelectric power facilities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑133.8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62‑133.8.  Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (CEPS).
(a)	Definitions. – As used in this section:
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(4c)	"New clean energy facility" means:
a.	A new renewable energy facility; or
b.	Facilities that are either (i) a nuclear energy facility, including an uprate to a nuclear energy facility, or (ii) a fusion energy facility.
(5)	"New renewable energy facility" means a renewable energy facility that either:
a.	Was placed into service on or after January 1, 2007.
b.	Delivers or has delivered electric power to an electric power supplier pursuant to a contract with NC GreenPower Corporation that was entered into prior to January 1, 2007.
c.	Is a hydroelectric power facility. 
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(7)	"Renewable energy facility" means a facility that either:
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.