SB 48: "An Act relating to the goal of obtaining 50 percent of the energy used by the state and state-funded facilities from clean energy sources by 2025."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 48 01 "An Act relating to the goal of obtaining 50 percent of the energy used by the state and 02 state-funded facilities from clean energy sources by 2025." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 44.99.115 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (b) It is a goal of the state energy policy that, by 2025, at least 50 percent of 06 the energy used by the state and state-funded facilities be obtained from clean energy 07 sources. Each year, the Alaska Energy Authority shall request from each state agency 08 or state-funded facility, and each state agency or state-funded facility shall provide, an 09 estimate of the percentage of energy the state agency or state-funded facility obtains 10 from a clean energy source. In this subsection, 11 (1) "clean energy" means energy from wind; solar; geothermal; 12 wasteheat recovery; hydrothermal; wave; tidal; river in-stream; hydropower; low- 13 emission nontoxic biomass based on solid or liquid organic fuels from wood, forest, 14 and field residues, or animal or fish products; landfill gas; digester gas; or a heat
01 pump; 02 (2) "state-funded facility" means a 03 (A) public school building; in this subparagraph, "public 04 school" has the meaning given in AS 14.25.220 but does not include a charter 05 school as defined in AS 14.03.290; and 06 (B) community facility for which a utility receives power cost 07 equalization under AS 42.45.110(b).