Senator Gary Byrne (R-Byrneville, District 47)

Indiana General Assembly

Pro-Consumer Voting Percentages

& Campaign Contributions

 

 2022   67%   $800 

 

CAC considers that 80% is a passing grade for the legislators, meaning that if their Pro-Consumer Voting Percentage is 80% or above, they are working to protect consumers in the Indiana Statehouse. If their percentage is below 80%, they are not working to protect consumers.

The cumulative voting record percentage represents voting records from the last 10 years.

Campaign contribution information comes from followthemoney.org, and includes money taken from the Energy and Natural Resources industries, including: utilities, coal, mining, oil, natural gas, steel, and environmental services & equipment.

The campaign contributions represent money taken in the previous 11 years.

 

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Senator Gary Byrne (R-Byrneville, District 47)

Member of the 2022 Senate Utilities Committee

 

2022 Campaign Contributions: $800

2012 - 2022

 

2022 Pro-Consumer Voting Percentage: 67%

For bill details, visit our 2022 Indiana General Assembly page.

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HB1111: Utility Regulatory Commission Reporting and Rules

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

IURC agency bill, authorizes FERC Order 2222 rulemaking

Committee Votes on HB1111: none

Senate Floor Votes on HB1111: 1 vote, Pro-Consumer

 

HB1196: Homeowners Associations and Solar Power

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

HB1196 makes it harder for Homeowners Associations to prohibit residents from adding solar panels.

Committee Votes on HB1196: none

Senate Floor Votes on HB1196: 1 vote, Pro-Consumer

 

HB1209: Carbon Sequestration Projects

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

Outlines a framework for entities conducting carbon capture and sequestration in Indiana (CCS - underground storage of toxic, liquefied, and highly pressurized carbon dioxide). Addresses issues related to CCS, including mineral rights, pore space ownership, permitting for pipelines and storage related activities, and creates the carbon storage facility trust fund. Seeks to protect adjacent landowners with notification and compensation - with “forced pooling” if 60% of the pore space area approves. It does not speak to the controversial immunity provisions. However, it does require that the State of Indiana assume ownership and the associated liability 10 years after a certificate of completion is issued by DNR.

Committee Votes on HB1209: none

Senate Floor Votes on HB1209: 1 vote, Anti-Consumer

 

HB1221: Electric Vehicles and Electricity Pricing

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

As introduced, HB1221 exempted (non-utility) owners and hosts of EVs and EV charging stations from regulation by IURC, authorizes hosts and owners of EV supply equipment who make the equipment available to the public to charge by the kwh, defines an electric utility “EV pilot” program for jurisdictional utilities, authorizes utilities to file for approval of pilot programs, authorizes the IURC to approve the pilot programs and the associated cost recovery. It was amended in the Senate Utilities Committee to require that any businesses that host EV chargers purchase the electricity for the chargers from the monopoly utility that is the provider for their geographical region. This means that they cannot generate their own electricity for the EV chargers (even if they are already generating their own electricity).

Committee Votes on HB1221: none

Senate Floor Votes on HB1221: 1 vote, Pro-Consumer

 

SB147: Underground Pumped Storage Hydropower

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

Adds underground pumped hydro to the definition of clean energy and renewable energy.

Committee Votes on SB147: none

Senate Floor Votes on SB147: none

 

SB265: Carbon Sequestration Pilot Project

Status: Died in the House

HB1249 & SB265 are being pushed by a privately-owned corporation known as Wabash Valley Resources who is claiming that they will develop the largest carbon capture and sequestration project (CCS) ever in the US. They opine that it is a climate change mitigation strategy, but the best way to mitigate climate change is to NOT produce carbon dioxide in the first place.

Committee Votes on SB265: none

Senate Floor Votes on SB265: none

 

SB271: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

SB271 will shift the financial risk to captive consumers by extending the subsidy that is Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) to Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs - baby nukes). CWIP allows utilities to charge ratepayers for power plants while they are under construction, before they are producing any electricity, and even if they NEVER produce any electricity. It should be noted that this technology is in no way commercially viable at this current moment in time. No public utility in the U.S. has built any SMRs, and there are no operating SMRs in the U.S. at all.

Committee Votes on SB271: none

Senate Floor Votes on SB271: none

 

SB272: Wastewater Infrastructure

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

Adopts the recommendations of the Wastewater Task Force.

Committee Votes on SB272: none

Senate Floor Votes on SB272: 1 vote, Pro-Consumer

 

SB273: Financing of Water and Wastewater Utility Assets

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

Provides a new tracker to the water/wastewater utilities to “to permit a utility to recover increased costs resulting from referenda or from decisions made by elected officials or governmental entities.”, provides the water and wastewater utilities additional trackers under certain circumstances.

Committee Votes on SB273: none

Senate Floor Votes on SB273: none

 

SB411: Commercial Solar and Wind Energy (siting bill)

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Holcomb

Creates default standards for the siting of commercial-scale wind and solar projects, creates incentives for communities to become solar-energy ready and wind-energy ready communities.

Committee Votes on SB411: none

Senate Floor Votes on SB411: 1 vote, Anti-Consumer

 

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