Bill > LB1370

This bill: 1. Provides requirements related to the closing or decommissioning of a "dispatchable electric generation facility" owned by certain entities, such as public power districts and municipalities. It requires these entities to provide written notice to the Nebraska Power Review Board prior to a final decision to close or decommission such a facility, and the Board may hold a hearing and make recommendations on the closure or decommissioning. 2. Changes provisions relating to directors of public power and irrigation districts, allowing them to have an interest in certain residential lease or water service agreements with the district. 3. Changes provisions relating to contracts entered into by public power districts, increasing the thresholds for when competitive bidding is required. 4. Requires developers, owners, or operators of "wind energy conversion systems" (defined as facilities with 10 or more wind turbines 250 feet or more in height) to apply for Federal Aviation Administration approval and install "light-mitigating technology systems" on their wind turbines by certain deadlines. 5. Adds definitions related to military installations and critical infrastructure protection requirements for electric suppliers constructing or acquiring generation facilities or transmission lines near military installations. 6. Harmonizes provisions and provides operative dates, with some sections becoming operative three calendar months after the legislative session and others on the effective date of the act.

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