STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3308

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator SCUTARI)

ADOPTED: JUNE 28, 2024

      These floor amendments would:

      (1)  provide that electric public utilities may reject interconnections that pose a risk to the reliability or power quality of the grid, in addition to the stability of the grid;

      (2)  delete a provision that would have explicitly required grid supply facilities to be compensated for the electricity supplied by the facility by the applicable electric public utility; and

      (3)  clarify that the interconnection cost allocation to the applicant required by the bill may be overridden by changes to the interconnection cost allocation methodology adopted pursuant to a subsequent board order from the BPU.