HB1955

HB1955 – Repeals redundant 2019 bill requiring utilities to calculate and report the greenhouse gas emissions of their fuel mix.
Prime Sponsor – Representative Barnard (R; 8th District; Benton & Franklin Counties) (Co-Sponsor Doglio, D) By request of the Department of Commerce.
Current status – Had a hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy January 9th; passed out of committee January 18th. Referred to Rules and passed by the House January 29th. Referred to the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology.
Next step would be – Scheduling a hearing.
Legislative tracking page for the bill.

Summary –
The Department of Commerce, which requested this bill, says that the reporting required by the 2019 bill that would be repealed “…is unnecessary because more complete and stringent reporting requirements were enacted by the Legislature in 2021” (presumably in the Climate Commitment Act).