4133575 Resolution 19-717, "Renewable Energy Incentive Program Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2012"

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

19-717  

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

December 4, 2012

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008 to extend the Renewable Energy Incentive Program into fiscal year 2013.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Renewable Energy Incentive Program Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2012”.

 

            Sec. 2.  (a)  Section 209 of the Clean and Affordable Energy Act of 2008, effective October 22, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-250; D.C. Official Code § 8-1774.09), established the Renewable Energy Incentive Program and set a sunset date of October 1, 2012 for the program.

            (b)  The Renewable Energy Incentive Program has helped hundreds of residents install solar energy on their homes.

            (c)  The Sustainable DC Act of 2012, passed on 1^st reading on December 4, 2012 (Engrossed version of Bill 19-756), extends the funding into fiscal year 2013, but the legislation will not take effect until well into fiscal year 2013. As a result, emergency legislation is necessary to extend the Renewable Energy Incentive Program into fiscal year 2013. 

 

            Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Renewable Energy Incentive Program Emergency Amendment Act of 2012 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.