Energy

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not specify who should receive the electronic reports or if other parts of the law will change accordingly.

Energy Reporting Act

This bill allows state energy councils to submit their annual comprehensive reports electronically.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the State Energy Policy Council to submit its annual comprehensive report electronically.

Who It Names or Affects

• State Energy Policy Council

Terms To Know

Annual comprehensive report

A yearly document that looks at how well Tennessee's energy sector is doing and suggests ways to improve it.

State Energy Policy Council

A group in Tennessee that makes decisions about the state’s energy policies.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify who should receive the reports electronically.
• It is unclear if other parts of the law will change to match this new rule.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2249
By Johnson

HOUSE BILL 2561
By Lamberth
HB2561
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4,
Chapter 29, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 68,
Chapter 204, Part 1, relative to state energy
councils.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-204-108, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
(d) The annual comprehensive reports described in subsection (a) may be
submitted electronically.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.