A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the utilities commission to include recommendations in its annual report on the implementation of and compliance with the renewable energy and energy efficiency portfolio standard.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 62‑133.8(j) reads as rewritten:
"(j)	Report. – No later than October 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit a report on the activities taken by the Commission to implement, and by electric power suppliers to comply with, the requirements of this section to the Governor, the Environmental Review Commission, and the Joint Legislative Utility Review Committee. The report may include recommendations for improved implementation of and compliance with this section. The report shall include any public comments received regarding direct, secondary, and cumulative environmental impacts of the implementation of the requirements of this section. In developing the report, the Commission shall consult with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.