Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB283: Generally revise laws relating to wind generation facilities
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act establishing wind turbine tower height and lighting requirements; providing definitions; and providing a delayed effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING WIND TURBINE TOWER HEIGHT AND LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 3], unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Aircraft detecting lighting system" means sensor-based lights that utilize radar that activate when an aircraft enters the light activation volume and deactivates when an aircraft departs. (2) "Turbine rotor hub" means a device attached to a wind turbine tower's drivetrain that holds the turbine's blades and the turbine's hub together. (3) "Wind generation facility" means any combination of a physically connected wind turbine or turbines, associated prime movers, and other associated property, including appurtenant land and improvements and personal property, that are normally operated together to produce electric power from wind and that have a nameplate capacity greater than or equal to 25 megawatts. (4) "Wind turbine tower" means the structural base of a wind turbine. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Wind turbine tower height requirements. (1) Beginning on January 1, 2026, a wind turbine tower constructed or installed may not exceed 350 feet in height, as measured from the natural ground level at the base of the tower to the middle of the turbine rotor …
Sponsors
- Phalen, Bob (R, 17) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Energy
Common questions
- What is SB283?
- SB283 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise laws relating to wind generation facilities.
- What does SB283 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act establishing wind turbine tower height and lighting requirements; providing definitions; and providing a delayed effective date.".
- What is the status of SB283?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB283?
- Phalen, Bob (R, 17).
- Where is the official record for SB283?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3516
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