INยทBillยท2025 Regular Session

HB 1007

Signed into Law

Energy generation resources.

Introduced 2025-01-13Last action 2025-05-06 โ€” Public Law 217Committee Tax and Fiscal Policy

Sponsor

Eric KochR

Cosponsors

Alaina Shonkwiler(R)Jim Pressel(R)Steve Bartels(R)Ryan Lauer(R)Robert Heaton(R)Chris May(R)Jim Lucas(R)Hunter Smith(R)Dale DeVon(R)Michael Karickhoff(R)Dave Heine(R)Ben Smaltz(R)Jake Teshka(R)Craig Snow(R)Jack Jordan(R)Jeffrey Thompson(R)Gregory Steuerwald(R)Julie Olthoff(R)Alex Zimmerman(R)Craig Haggard(R)Mike Aylesworth(R)Doug Miller(R)Matt Commons(R)Chris Judy(R)Dave Hall(R)Matt Lehman(R)J.D. Prescott(R)Kendell Culp(R)Bruce Borders(R)Beau Baird(R)Timothy Wesco(R)Danny Lopez(R)Martin Carbaugh(R)Wendy McNamara(R)Chris Jeter(R)David Abbott(R)Linda Rogers(R)Daryl Schmitt(R)David Niezgodski(D)
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Signed into Law

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Summary

This bill establishes a comprehensive framework for managing Indiana's electric generation resources, with a focus on ensuring reliability while facilitating new energy development. It creates a tax credit for small modular nuclear reactor manufacturing in Indiana and allows utilities to seek expedited approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) for new generation resources to meet growing electricity demand, particularly from large industrial customers. Most significantly, the bill requires utilities to provide detailed information about any planned power plant retirements or refuelings (for facilities over 125 megawatts) and empowers the IURC to investigate and potentially block these retirements if they would compromise grid reliability or fail to maintain adequate replacement capacity. The legislation aims to balance the transition of Indiana's energy infrastructure while ensuring sufficient electric generation capacity remains available to meet customer needs and maintain grid stability.

Bill history

  1. 2025-01-13 ยท House
    Coauthored by Representatives Shonkwiler and Pressel
  2. 2025-01-13 ยท House
    Authored by Representative Soliday
  3. 2025-01-13 ยท House
    First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
  4. 2025-01-28 ยท House
    Representative Bartels added as coauthor
  5. 2025-01-29 ยท House
    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  6. 2025-01-29 ยท House
    Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
  7. 2025-02-06 ยท House
    Committee report: do pass, adopted
  8. 2025-02-10 ยท House
    Amendment #1 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 106: yeas 26, nays 69
  9. 2025-02-10 ยท House
    Amendment #2 (Pierce M) prevailed; voice vote
  10. 2025-02-10 ยท House
    Amendment #3 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 107: yeas 27, nays 67
  11. 2025-02-10 ยท House
    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  12. 2025-02-13 ยท House
    Rule 104.1 suspended
  13. 2025-02-13 ยท House
    Representatives Lauer, Heaton, May, Lucas, Smith H, DeVon, Karickhoff, Heine, Smaltz, Teshka, Snow, Jordan, Thompson, Steuerwald, Olthoff, Zimmerman, Haggard, Aylesworth, Miller D, Commons, Judy, Hall, Lehman, Prescott, Culp, Borders, Baird, Wesco, Lopez, Carbaugh, McNamara, Jeter, Abbott added as coauthors
  14. 2025-02-13 ยท House
    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 152: yeas 68, nays 25
  15. 2025-02-13 ยท House
    Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
  16. 2025-02-14 ยท House
    Referred to the Senate
  17. 2025-02-19 ยท Senate
    First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
  18. 2025-03-27 ยท Senate
    Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
  19. 2025-04-08 ยท Senate
    Committee report: do pass, adopted
  20. 2025-04-08 ยท Senate
    Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
  21. 2025-04-10 ยท Senate
    Amendment #6 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote
  22. 2025-04-10 ยท Senate
    Amendment #5 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 373: yeas 11, nays 35
  23. 2025-04-10 ยท Senate
    Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
  24. 2025-04-10 ยท Senate
    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  25. 2025-04-15 ยท Senate
    Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor
  26. 2025-04-15 ยท Senate
    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 423: yeas 36, nays 13
  27. 2025-04-15 ยท Senate
    Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
  28. 2025-04-16 ยท Senate
    Returned to the House with amendments
  29. 2025-04-21 ยท House
    Motion to concur filed
  30. 2025-04-22 ยท House
    House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 512: yeas 63, nays 23
  31. 2025-04-23 ยท House
    Signed by the Speaker
  32. 2025-04-24 ยท Senate
    Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  33. 2025-04-29 ยท Senate
    Signed by the President of the Senate
  34. 2025-05-06 ยท House
    Signed by the Governor
  35. 2025-05-06 ยท House
    Public Law 217

Note

Historical import. Session: 2025

Full Bill Text
https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1007/HB1007.01.INTR.pdf
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