Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB406: Establishing utility energy conservation efficiency standards
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing utility energy conservation efficiency standards; providing utility acquisition and procurement requirements; providing rulemaking authority; providing a definition; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING UTILITY ENERGY CONSERVATION EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; PROVIDING UTILITY ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; PROVIDING A DEFINITION; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." WHEREAS, affordable, reliable sources of electrical service are essential to the long-term health and well-being of Montana citizens and their state economy; and WHEREAS, periodic excessive peaks in electricity demand significantly burden the reliability of the grid and increase the cost of delivered electricity service to consumers; and WHEREAS, investments in utility-scale energy conservation have the potential to reduce costs and improve the reliability of delivered electricity service to minimize costly structural peaks in electricity demand; and WHEREAS, Montana investor-owned utilities may be otherwise disincentivized to adopt utility-scale energy conservation initiatives due to their traditional business goal of selling more electricity; and WHEREAS, utility investments in energy conservation benefit all customers, program participants and nonparticipants alike, by increasing grid stability and reliability, and by reducing the need for more costly investments in new generation. WHEREAS, utility investments in energy conservation are proven to enable cost-effective commercial application of affordable, clean, and firm power generation by shaving peak periods of expensive, thermalgenerated power. THEREFORE, a utility energy conservation efficiency standard is hereby enacted to ensure investorowned utilities in Montana pursue all opportunities of energy conservation when proven to be …
Sponsors
- Pope, Christopher (D, 33) · 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, Rule Making, Utilities
Common questions
- What is SB406?
- SB406 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establishing utility energy conservation efficiency standards.
- What does SB406 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing utility energy conservation efficiency standards; providing utility acquisition and procurement requirements; providing rulemaking authority; providing a definition; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of SB406?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB406?
- Pope, Christopher (D, 33).
- Where is the official record for SB406?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2826
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