Adds to existing law to provide restrictions on ownership of energy infrastructure in Idaho.
PUBLIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE -- Adds to existing law to provide restrictions on ownership of energy infrastructure in Idaho.
Committee: State Affairs
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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Idaho electric service providers have not been allowed to jointly own, with foreign governments or other state governments, electrical transmission facilities or other Idaho electrical infrastructure to assure that Idaho maintains local control of critical energy infrastructure. This bill provides that no entity, which is primarily governed by another state of the United States, or an agency thereof, shall acquire any ownership interest in Idaho's electrical transmission facilities.
FISCAL NOTE
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This legislation causes no additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government, nor does it cause an increase or decrease in revenue for state or local government. Therefore, the legislation has no fiscal impact.
HOW THEY VOTED
House Third Reading
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YEA (46)
NAY (23)
ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)
LATEST ACTION
Introduced, read first time; referred to: State Affairs
BILL INFO
- Session
- 2025
- Chamber
- house
- Committee
- State Affairs
- Status date
- Mar 25, 2025
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