---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mountain Energy Act of 2015."
description: "Mountain Energy Act of 2015."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "North Carolina SB 716 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "ELECTRICITY", "FUELS", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "HAZARDOUS WASTE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "UTILITIES", "UTILITIES COMN.", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "GASTON COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-05-20"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9a70329-1be3-4dc7-9a51-dcd98922a7a8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S716&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4f4b34e25384add484897d4883d26b5776f152506e15815216e27357c66fb9ad"
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 716 (2015) — Mountain Energy Act of 2015.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-110** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-24** Ch. SL 2015-110 `became-law`
- **2015-06-24** Signed by Gov. 6/24/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 06/16/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-15** Ratified
- **2015-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-11** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-11** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-06-11** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-06-11** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2015
- **2015-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-27** Re-ref Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-05-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2015-05-21** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-21** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-05-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-20** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9a70329-1be3-4dc7-9a51-dcd98922a7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).