Amendment ID: S2476-7

Amendment 7

Increased electric demand

Messrs. Tarr and Pacheco move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting after section _ the following new section:-

"SECTION _. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of energy resources shall conduct, publish, and periodically update a study on increased electricity demands from the transition to zero-emission vehicles. The department of energy resources shall publish the study no later than 1 year after the effective date of this act and shall there publish revisions of the study not less than every 18 months. Said study shall be submitted to the clerks of the house and senate, the joint committee on transportation, and the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy"