---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promote Renewable Energy/Baseload Generation."
description: "Promote Renewable Energy/Baseload Generation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "North Carolina SB 3 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BUILDINGS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-24"
last_action: "2007-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d147c36a-6916-42ee-bf49-565cee49ff1a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ea648377dc0e420bb96a1b79956897d4c382c560b6bee196fd36da6df4fb6726"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 3 (2007) — Promote Renewable Energy/Baseload Generation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-08-20** Ch. SL 2007-397 `became-law`
- **2007-08-20** Signed By Gov. 8/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2007-08-01** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-07-31** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-07-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-24** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-10** Ref to the Com on Energy and Energy Efficiency and, if favorable, to the Com on Public Utilities and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-03** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2007
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-25** Held As Filed
- **2007-01-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d147c36a-6916-42ee-bf49-565cee49ff1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).