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State Planning and Incentive Structures
Lead By Example—Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities
Status: Completed
Details: House Bill (HB) 2, signed by Governor Beshear on April 24, 2008, encourages the use of green building principles and energy saving contracts for state-owned buildings. The bill provides for implementation of low cost/no cost energy conservation measures, engineering analyses, energy efficiency measures, building improvements, and monitoring of results for state-owned or state-leased buildings.
The Kentucky Energy Plan (2005) recommends that the State encourage high performance, energy-efficient design for new construction of state facilities. Executive Order 122, signed February 2005, establishes a Utility Savings Council to evaluate all state agencies' energy costs and to make recommendations towards meeting the goal for state government to reduce overall energy costs by at least 10%. The order coincides with an announcement that the state has joined the ENERGY STAR Challenge to improve efficiency in existing facilities.
- http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB2.htm
- http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/
8E6F3FFE-5DC6-4FC6-9B5A-EA9D2AC89E7A/0/KentuckyEnergyPlan.pdf - http://apps.sos.ky.gov/Executive/Journal/EJimages/
2005-CRREST-172806.pdf
Lead By Example—Energy Efficient Appliance and Equipment Purchase Requirements for Public Facilities
Status: Completed
Details: House Bill (HB) 2, signed by Governor Beshear on April 24, 2008, requires that state procurement policies promote the purchase of ENERGY STAR-qualified products to the extent feasible.
The Kentucky Energy Plan (2007) recommends that the state develop and implement procurement polices that encourage sustainable practices, products and energy efficiency.
HB 299 (signed April 21, 2006) directs the Finance and Administration Cabinet to require bidders for government construction contracts to include consideration of energy-efficient HVAC systems, including geothermal.
- http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB2.htm
- http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/
8E6F3FFE-5DC6-4FC6-9B5A-EA9D2AC89E7A/0/KentuckyEnergyPlan.pdf - http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB299/bill.doc
Lead By Example—Clean Energy Goals for Public Facilities
Status: No Activity Identified
Lead By Example—Energy Efficiency and Alternative Fuel Goals for Public Fleets
Status: Completed (with caveat)
Details: Executive Order 2006-1298 (October 2006) requires the Finance and Administration Cabinet to improve the fuel efficiency of Kentucky's fleet by procuring more fuel-efficient/alternative-use vehicles. There is no specific goal.
- http://apps.sos.ky.gov/Executive/Journal/EJimages/2006-CRREST-177213.pdf
- http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A638AD6F-633C-4C6D-B7D7-047613784B2C/0/2007EnergyStrategyStatusReportFinal.pdf
State and Regional Energy Planning
Status: Completed
Details: The Governor's office established an Office of Energy Policy via Executive Order 2006-1299 on October 12, 2006. On February 7, 2005, Governor Fletcher released a Comprehensive Energy Strategy. The Energy Strategy includes proposals for state government lead-by-example initiatives, developing biofuels for transportation, and a continued focus on the utilization of coal. Although renewables are mentioned, they are not a major focus of the strategy, and the plan specifically declines to set a mandatory RPS.
- http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6AE4E405-92B9-497E-BBCC-4CBE9CA1ECCA/0/GOEP2pager.pdf
- http://www.energy.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/8E6F3FFE-5DC6-4FC6-9B5A-EA9D2AC89E7A/0/KentuckyEnergyPlan.pdf
- http://apps.sos.ky.gov/Executive/Journal/EJimages/2006-CRREST-177211.pdf
Determining the Air Quality Benefits of Clean Energy—Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Set Asides (NOX Budget Trading Program)
Status: No Activity Identified
Determining the Air Quality Benefits of Clean Energy—Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Set Asides (CAIR Budget Trading Program)
Status: No Activity Identified
Energy Efficiency Actions
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Public Benefit Funds for Energy Efficiency
Status: No Activity Identified
Building Codes for Energy Efficiency—Commercial Programs
Status: Goes Beyond ECPA
Details: 2006 IECC and 2006 IBC with state amendments.
Building Codes for Energy Efficiency—Residential Programs
Status: Goes Beyond ECPA
Details: 2002 KY Residential Code; 2000 IECC external envelope requirements, mandatory statewide, 2002; can use REScheck.
State Appliance Efficiency Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Energy Supply Actions
Renewable Portfolio Standards
Status: No Activity Identified
Public Benefit Funds for Clean Energy Supply
Status: No Activity Identified
Output-Based Environmental Regulations
Status: No Activity Identified
Interconnection Standards—Clean Distributed Generation
Status: No Activity Identified
Details: Kentucky does have general statewide interconnection standards that are outlined along with their net metering requirements in KRS § 278.465 - 278.468. All IOUs and rural electric cooperatives must offer interconnection and net metering to customers with solar-electric PV systems 15 kW or less. In April 2008, Kentucky passed SB 83, which requires utilities to offer net metering to customers that generate electricity with PV, wind, biomass, biogas, or hydroelectric systems up to 30 kW. Two utilities in the state - Kentucky Utilities (KU) and Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) offer interconnection and net metering to customers with wind and hydroelectric systems and possibly allow other renewable systems to connect to the grid. Generators must meet all applicable NEC, IEEE, and UL safety and power quality standards. Considered no activity because the standards only apply to PV and not all DG technologies.
Interconnection Standards—Net Metering
Status: Completed
Details: Signed by Governor Beshear on April 15, 2008, S.B. 83 increased the eligible capacity limit from 15 kilowatts (kW) to 30 kW and expanded the eligible types of renewables to include solar, wind, biomass, and hydroelectric power. Under the legislation, the Public Service Commission (PSC) may limit each utility’s total net metering capacity to 1 percent of the prior year’s peak load.
Kentucky has state-wide net metering for certain utility types. Kentucky enacted statewide net-metering legislation (SB 247) in April 2004, requiring all investor-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives to offer net metering to customers with solar-electric (PV) systems of 15 kW or less.