North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 4 D cosponsors

SB 718 — Fair Procurement and Ownership Reform Act.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 22% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

17 added · 18 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Senate Bill 718 includes new provisions that create a specific article focused on Renewable Energy Facilities, detailing how these facilities can contribute to the state's energy goals. Additionally, the bill introduces faster review processes for self-developed renewable energy projects, which could streamline project approvals. These changes are significant because they aim to enhance the state's commitment to renewable energy while making it easier for developers to bring new projects online, supporting a cleaner energy future.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 25, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 718 Short Title:
718 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS45351-NJ-38A Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACTREVISINGRENEWABLEENERGYPROCUREMENTANDOWNERSHIPLAWS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACTREVISINGRENEWABLEENERGYPROCUREMENTANDOWNERSHIP LAWS.
Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is amended byadding a new Article to read:
(5) Renewable Energy Facility.
(5) Renewable EnergyFacility.
– A facility that generates energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydropower, and other renewable technologies.
– A facilitythat generates energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind, hydropower, and other renewable technologies.
*DRS45351-NJ-38A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (6) Small commercial or industrial customer.
*S718-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (6) Small commercial or industrial customer.
(1) Firstandforemost,alignmentwithstaterenewableenergygoalsand emissions reduction targets.
(1) Firstandforemost,alignmentwithstaterenewableenergygoalsandemissions reduction targets.
Page 2 DRS45351-NJ-38A General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (a) The procurement process shall be administered by an independent third-party entity to ensure an open, fair process.
Page 2 Senate Bill 718-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (a) The procurement process shall be administered by an independent third-party entity to ensure an open, fair process.
(a) The shared solar program capacity shall be reassessed to better meet demand and equity among customer categories and shall be reallocated as follows (i) large commercial or industrial customers, forty-five percent (45%), (ii) small commercial or industrial customers, twenty-fivepercent (25%),(iii) government customers,fifteenpercent (15%),and(iv)residential customers, fifteen percent (15%).
(a) The shared solar program capacity shall be reassessed to better meet demand and equity among customer categories and shall be reallocated as follows (i) large commercial or industrial customers, forty-five percent (45%), (ii) small commercial or industrial customers, twenty-fivepercent (25%),(iii) government customers,fifteen percent (15%),and (iv)residential customers, fifteen percent (15%).
(3) Public utilities may defer incremental costs as regulatory assets until reflected in customer rates, subject to Commission approval.
(3) Public utilities maydefer incremental costs as regulatory assets until reflected in customer rates, subject to Commission approval.
(d) If a utility fails to meet procurement and carbon reduction targets, third-party developers may propose self-developed projects with faster review processes, provided that costs remain below market rate.
(d) If a utility fails to meet procurement and carbon reduction targets, third-party developers maypropose self-developed projects with faster review processes, provided that costs remain below market rate.
DRS45351-NJ-38A Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) All programs under this act shall be subject to biennial evaluation in line with the CPIRPprocess bythe Commissiontoassesseffectivenessandensurealignmentwithstateenergy goals.
Senate Bill 718-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) All programs under this act shall be subject to biennial evaluation in line with the CPIRPprocess bythe Commissiontoassesseffectivenessandensurealignmentwithstateenergy goals.
Page 4 DRS45351-NJ-38A
Page 4 Senate Bill 718-First Edition
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 175 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (175)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 718?
SB 718 is sponsored by Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), Graig Meyer (Democratic), and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 718?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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