HB 362 — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, in Energy Development Authority and emergency powers, providing for Federal money for Solar for All Program.

PRINTER'S NO.   375

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 362
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY FIEDLER, GIRAL, KRAJEWSKI, VENKAT, PIELLI, KHAN,
        KENYATTA, BOROWSKI, SANCHEZ, BRENNAN, VITALI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        CIRESI, HOHENSTEIN, BURGOS, NEILSON, WARREN, HILL-EVANS,
        SCHLOSSBERG, MALAGARI, O'MARA, CERRATO AND GREEN,
        JANUARY 29, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, JANUARY 29, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
 2      "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
 3      executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
 4      Executive Department thereof and the administrative
 5      departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
 6      including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
 7      Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
 8      authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
 9      departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10      duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11      officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12      boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13      Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14      and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15      certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16      other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17      and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
18      prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
19      of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
20      certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
21      determined," in Energy Development Authority and emergency
22      powers, providing for Federal money for Solar for All
23      Program.
24      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25   hereby enacts as follows:
26      Section 1.    The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
27   as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
 1   section to read:
 2         Section 2814-C.   Federal Money for Solar for All Program.--
 3   (a)    The authority shall administer and distribute money
 4   appropriated by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law
 5   117-169, 136 Stat. 1818) for the Solar for All Program. The
 6   money in this section shall be appropriated in accordance with
 7   and satisfy the authorization requirements of section 1724-H of
 8   the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal
 9   Code.
10         (b)   Distribution under subsection (a) shall be subject to
11   the following:
12         (1)   The authority shall encumber, commit or expend to enable
13   residential solar, storage and related upgrades for qualifying
14   households consistent with Federal guidelines or rules
15   established by the Solar for All Program.
16         (2)   The money shall be disbursed in rural, suburban and
17   urban communities and shall be expended reasonably across all
18   counties in a manner consistent with the number of qualifying
19   households.
20         Section 2.   This act shall take effect immediately.




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