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NRECA Legislative Conference Key Issues

NREA Key Issues

Net Metering

Understanding Net Metering

Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency

2019 Key Bills

Bill Number	Bill Title	NREA Position	Bill Summary
LB 16	Provide for the withholding of records relating to certain critical infrastructure	Support
LB 23	Change the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act	Monitor
LB 76	Change provisions relating to the nameplate capacity tax	Monitor
LB 124	Change provisions relating to jointly created clean energy assessment districts under the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act	Monitor
LB 148	Change requirements for public hearings on proposed budget statements and notices of meetings of public bodies	Monitor
LB 150	Change provisions relating to access to public records and provide for fees	Monitor
LB 155	Eliminate authority for eminent domain by certain political subdivisions	Monitor
LB 184	Adopt the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act	Monitor
LB 197	Provide a procedure for detachment of real property from the corporate limits of a city or village and eliminate existing detachment provisions	Oppose
LB 208	Provide an exception for leasing dark fiber or providing certain telecommunications and related services by a state agency or political subdivision	Support	Summary
LB 212	Change requirements for videoconferencing and telephone conferencing under the Open Meetings Act	Support
LB 218	Redefine tangible personal property and gross receipts for tax purposes	Support	Summary
LB 280	Change a penalty for violations of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act	Monitor
LB 283	Provide for a climate change study	Monitor
LB 285	State intent to appropriate funds to the Nebraska Power Review Board for a study and state public policy	Oppose
LB 302	Merge the State Energy Office with and rename the Department of Environmental Quality	Monitor
LB 305	Adopt the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act	Monitor
LB 314	Adopt the Remote Seller Sales Tax Collection Act and change revenue and taxation provisions	Monitor
LB 366	Change registration fee for alternative fuel-powered motor vehicles	Monitor
LB 373	Provide setback and zoning requirements for wind energy generation projects	Monitor
LB 374	Provide for raptor permits for wildlife abatement	Monitor
LB 383	Provide for an annual adjustment to the minimum wage	Monitor
LB 405	Adopt updates to building and energy codes	Monitor
LB 415	Repeal recall provisions for political subdivisions	Monitor
LB 456	Provide a sales and use tax exemption for certain machinery and equipment used to produce electricity	Monitor
LB 462	Change provisions of the One-Call Notification System Act	Oppose	Summary
LB 473	Change revenue and taxation provisions relating to judgments against public corporations and political subdivisions, authorize certain loans, and provide powers and duties to the State Treasurer	Monitor
LB 509	Redefine the terms net metering and qualified facility and change powers and duties of a local distribution utility	Oppose	Summary
LB 549	Provide for creation and maintenance of a geographic information system map as prescribed under the Nebraska Telecommunications Regulation Act	Support
LB 620	Provide for enforcement of violations relating to use of handheld wireless communication devices as a primary action	Monitor
LB 621	Change provisions relating to solar energy and wind energy, declare certain instruments void and unenforceable, and provide for a civil cause of action	Monitor
LB 678	Create the Volkswagen Settlement Cash Fund and provide duties for the Department of Environmental Quality	Monitor
LB 700	Provide for decommissioning and reclamation of a wind energy conversion system	Support
LB 704	Provide for a request for proposals for renewable energy for state-owned buildings and a study regarding state vehicles	Monitor