Georgia Energy Bills

General Assembly; motor fuel and diesel fuel taxes; ratify Governor Brian P. Kemp's Executive Order

Public utilities; authorize certain Tier 2 local exchange companies to elect to become subject to rate of return regulation

Professions and Businesses; repeal Chapter 14, relating to electrical contractors, plumbers, conditioned air contractors, low voltage contractors, and utility contractors and enact a new Chapter 14

Department of Public Health; eligible for the Low THC Oil Patient Registry; require a physician to submit certain information to the Georgia Composite Medical Board

Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations

Property; granting of non-exclusive easements of certain state owned property; authorize

Revenue and taxation; level 1 freeport exemptions for certain goods in inventory for electric utilities; provide

Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices

Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify

Department of Community Affairs; to refrain from adopting the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code in order to protect housing affordability and maintain the current energy code framework of this state; urge

Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC); create a study committee; urge

Local government; authorize certain long-term contracts for sale of electric power

Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; finance and perform certain duties in connection with projects related to facilitating solar installations on closed landfills; authorize

Waste management; require recycling of solar panels

Motor vehicles; authorize licensed physical therapists to certify an individual is disabled for purposes of obtaining special vehicle decals

Senate Mileage Based User Fee Study Committee; create

Income tax; various tax credits for forestry manufacturing facilities; provide

Revenue and taxation; bona fide conservation use property; permit combination of multiple covenants into a single, new, ten-year covenant

Georgia Department of Community Affairs; refrain from adopting the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code for residential construction; urge

Ad valorem tax; breach of a covenant for bona fide conservation use related to solar generation of energy; limit exceptions