A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO UPDATE THE FEES AND CHARGES OF the UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR REVIEW OF RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑133.8 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(l)	The owner, including an electric power supplier, of each renewable energy facility or new renewable energy facility, whether or not required to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to G.S. 62‑110.1, that intends for renewable energy certificates it earns to be eligible for use by an electric power supplier to comply with this section shall register the facility with the Commission. Such an owner shall file a registration statement in the form prescribed by the Commission and remit to the Commission the fee required pursuant to G.S. 62‑300(a)(16)."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 62‑300(a) is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read:
"(16)	Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each registration statement for a renewable energy facility or new renewable energy facility filed pursuant to G.S. 62‑133.8(l).
(17)	Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each report of proposed construction filed by the owner of an electric generating facility that is exempt from the certification requirements of G.S. 62‑110.1(a)."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.