Laura Ann Arnold, President Distributed Energy Alliance

January 3, 2020

1  No mandatory RPS (weak voluntary RPS)  No clear authority for third party PPAs  No state financial incentives  Phase-out of IOU net metering no later than 7/1/22 to ave locational marginal price X 125% ▪ Could be sooner if caps are met--Vectren  Republican control of all statewide offices & supermajorities in Senate & House  No state siting authority

2 WE HAVE POTENTIAL!  Strong pro-business climate  State taxes  Pro-solar mayors & cities (Bloomington, North Vernon, Goshen, South Bend & Carmel)  Lots of potential with many aging coal power plants  “Let competition and flexibility rule our electricity system.” ▪ NYT: “A Market-Driven New Deal? We’d Be Unstoppable” by Amory B.

Lovins and Rushad R. Nanavatty. 3 ▪ What is your situation? ▪ Are you a current solar homeowner? ▪ If not, why not? ▪ Not currently a homeowner ▪ HOA or historic district problems ▪ Other site problems ▪ Can’t afford to install solar ▪ My place of worship wants to install solar but… ▪ Recommend focusing on 2-3 specific issues

4 ▪ What bills have they introduced in the past? ▪ Google them to see what they are saying. Look at their campaign websites ▪ Review their state legislative districts ▪ Info on their recent campaigns; Did they have an opponent in the primary or general election? https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/index.htm ▪ Research their voting record; www.VoteSmart.org; https://www.citact.org/politics-and-money-voting- records-and-campaign-contributions-indiana-

general-assembly/campaign/2019 5 ▪ What are the energy issues important to you? ▪ Removing HOA prohibitions and restrictions on solar ▪ Restoring & expanding net metering ▪ Customer choice with clear authority for third party leasing and power purchase agreements (PPAs) ▪ Community solar ▪ Protect landowner rights ▪ Jobs & economic development potential 6  Indiana State Senate ▪ 40 Senate Republicans ▪ 10 Senate Democrats  Indiana State Representatives ▪ 67 House Republicans ▪ 33 House Democrats

7 ▪ The Hastert Rule says that the Speaker will not schedule a floor vote on any bill that does not have majority support within his or her party—even if the majority of the members of the House would vote to pass it.

8 ▪ General Assembly not in session on Fridays and state legislators usually go home. ▪ Indiana Third House Meetings provide a forum for community members to discuss pending legislation in the with their elected representatives. https://www.aclu- in.org/en/resources/advocacy/third-house- meetings

9 ▪ Email both your state legislator and their Legislative Assistant (LA); LAs listed on General Assembly website; e.g. ▪ https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/ caucus-staff/ ▪ Follow-up with a phone call to their LA ▪ Share with LA that you are a constituent and what issues you want to discuss

10 11 ▪ An overwhelming majority of voters support markets instead of mandates, favor electricity choice/competition options, and want their state to be a national leader in clean energy development. ▪ Republican voters remain opposed to the idea that humans are causing climate change. ▪ Voters see an important limited role for government on clean energy issues. That role centers on supporting innovation and the development of technology.

12 13 Indiana Chamber of Commerce + Utilities + Consumers + Enviros vs. Pruitt/Coal 21st Century Energy Task Force  To examine state's policies concerning electric generation portfolios;  To develop recommendations concerning any identified challenges; and  To issue a report and recommendations not later than 12/1/20 Indiana Utility Regulatory Commisson (IURC) Study Requires IURC to conduct a comprehensive study by 7/1/20 of impacts on: 1. Transitions in the fuel sources and other resources used to generate electricity by electric utilities; and 2. New and emerging technologies for the generation of electricity; on electric generation capacity, system reliability, system resilience, and the cost of electric utility service.

14  Refusal to address climate change  Not addressing energy distribution issues such as net metering  Preponderance of pro-coal testimony  Other problems???

15  State legislative members of Energy Task Force ▪ Rep. Ed Soliday (R-Valparaiso), co-chair, HD4 ▪ Rep. Ethan Manning (R-Denver), HD 23 ▪ Rep. (D-Bloomington),HD 61 ▪ Rep. (D-Evansville), HD 77 ▪ Sen. (R-Bedford), co-chair, SD 44 ▪ Sen. (R-), SD 31 ▪ Sen. (D-Bloomington), SD 40 ▪ Sen. David Niezgodski (D-South Bend), SD 10

16 ▪ Bill Fine (Greenwood), Utility Consumer Counselor for the State of Indiana ▪ John Graham (Bloomington), retiring dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs ▪ Kay Pashos (Indianapolis), partner at IceMiller legal counsel, practicing in the area of energy and utilities law ▪ Philip Powell (Indianapolis), associate dean of academic programs, clinical associate professor of business economic and public policy, and Daniel C. Smith Faculty Fellow at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business ▪ Paul V. Preckel (West Lafayette) Agricultural Economics, Purdue University ▪ Donna Walker (Bloomington), president and CEO of Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. ▪ Juan Pablo Carvallo (Berkeley, CA), scientific engineering associate in the electricity markets and policy group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

▪ Do you know any of these lay members?

17 1. Introduced in the originating house 2. Assigned to committee, which holds a public hearing and votes 3. If bill passes out of committee, it goes to the full body for a vote 4. If voted out of the originating house, it must go through the same process in the other house 5. If different version pass out of each house, the versions must be reconciled 6. After passing both houses, the governor must sign (the legislature can override a veto) 18  December 10: Bill draft request deadline  January 6: GA convenes  January 9: Bill filing deadline  February 3 – 4: Final passage deadline in originating house  March 3: Final passage deadline in second house  March 11: Anticipated session adjournment (March 14 deadline)

19  After bills are introduced, then the Speaker of the House or the Senate Pro Tem assigns the bill to a committee. This is 1st Reading.  Bills are not available until after 1st reading http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/  Vehicle bills are placeholders without content to be used by state legislative leadership

20  Committee chairs have the absolute power and authority to both schedule bills for committee hearings and to allow or not allow bills to be voted on in committee so that bills can move to the entire floor for second and third reading.

21 SB 56 Digest

Homeowners associations. Provides that a homeowners association may require certain screening and preapproval procedures before an owner of a dwelling unit may install a solar energy system. Provides that a homeowners association may prohibit the installation, use, or removal of a solar energy system under certain circumstances.

22 Rep. (R-Indianapolis) is working on draft HOA solar legislation to be introduced.

Details forthcoming.

Committee assignment could be House Utilities or House Judiciary

23 Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford), CHAIR, SD 44 Sen. Michael Young (R-Indianapolis), RM, SD 35, Sen. Mike Bohacek (R-Michigan City), SD 8 Sen. James Buck (R-Kokomo), SD 21 Sen. Jon Ford (R-Terre Haute), SD 38 Sen. Aaron Freeman (R-Indianapolis), SD 32 Sen. Susan Glick (R-LaGrange ), SD 13 Sen. Linda Rogers (R-Granger), SD 11 Sen. (D-East Chicago), RMM, SD 2 Sen. (D-Anderson), SD 25 Sen. (D-Indianapolis), SD 33

24 Sen. Jim Merritt (R-Indianapolis), CHAIR, SD 31 Sen. (R-Lawrenburg), RM, SD 43 Sen. Stacey Donato (R-Logansport), SD 18 Sen. Blake Doriot (R-Syracuse), SD 12 Sen. Chris Garten (R-Charlestown), SD 45 Sen. (R-Salem), SD 47 Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford), SD 44 Sen. (R-Oldenburg), SD 42 Sen. J.D. Ford (D-Indianapolis), RMM, SD 29 Sen. Lonnie Randolph (D-East Chicago), SD 2 Sen. Mark Stoops (D-Bloomington), SD 40

25 Rep. Ed Soliday (R-Valpariso), CHAIR, HD 4 Rep. Ethan Manning (R-Denver), Vice Chair, HD 23 Rep. Dale DeVon (R-Granger), HD 5 Rep. Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis), HD 91 Rep. Dollyne Sherman (R-Indianapolis), HD 93 Rep. (R-Greensburg), HD 67 Rep. Alan Morrison (R-Terre Haute), HD 42 Rep. (R-Rolling Prairie), HD 20 Rep. Mike Speedy (R-Indianapolis), HD 90 Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) RMM, HD 61 Rep. Ryan Hatfield (D-Evansville), HD 77 Rep. Karlee Macer (D-Indianapolis), HD 92 Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon (D-Munster), HD 12

26  Coal industry is ▪ Hiring lobbyists ▪ Likely proposing state legislation and/or proposed amendments to protect the Indiana coal industry and Indiana coal-fired powerplants ▪ Unhappy about IOU IRPs and recent RFPs

27 28 29 30 31 32 Laura Ann Arnold, President Indiana Distributed Energy Alliance 545 E. Eleventh Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 635-1701 (317) 502-5123 cell [email protected] [email protected]

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