S.Amdt. 5521

SA 5521. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title
II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DISPATCHABLE ENERGY REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN UTILITY
MERGERS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the merger
of 2 or more utilities would result in a utility with a
generating capacity greater than 70 gigawatts, each Federal
agency reviewing the merger shall withhold all relevant
approvals relating to the merger until the persons seeking
those approvals demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Federal agency that more than 30 percent of the installed
generating capacity is dispatchable clean energy produced or
provided, as applicable, by renewable resources, such as
wind, solar, hydropower, or other renewable resources,
geothermal energy, nuclear energy, or battery or other energy
storage resources.
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