republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/sb-147.md

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Bill	Underground pumped storage hydropower.	Adds underground pumped storage hydropower using: (1) abandoned coal mines; (2) abandoned quarries; or (3) other suitable sites; located in Indiana to the list of sources and technologies that qualify as "clean energy resources" for purposes of the statute governing the Indiana voluntary clean energy portfolio standard program. Provides that this technology qualifies as a "renewable energy resource" for purposes of the statute providing certain financial incentives for energy utilities to invest in clean energy projects. Requires the state utility forecasting group to include this technology in its annual study on the use, availability, and economics of clean energy resources in Indiana.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	SB 147	Indiana SB 147 (2022)	bill	ENERGY MINES AND MINERALS WATER generally	enacted	Andy Zay Chip Perfect Edmond Soliday Eric Koch	4	27	1	2022-01-04	2022-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/647e5cba-3b5e-44b0-8811-87757dac04af	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/147	a5b9ec4947955544cb30ea45d023176f60086ef51a2faa7b76a5c6c5c883c42a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 147 (2022) — Underground pumped storage hydropower.

Adds underground pumped storage hydropower using: (1) abandoned coal mines; (2) abandoned quarries; or (3) other suitable sites; located in Indiana to the list of sources and technologies that qualify as "clean energy resources" for purposes of the statute governing the Indiana voluntary clean energy portfolio standard program. Provides that this technology qualifies as a "renewable energy resource" for purposes of the statute providing certain financial incentives for energy utilities to invest in clean energy projects. Requires the state utility forecasting group to include this technology in its annual study on the use, availability, and economics of clean energy resources in Indiana.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 147 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andy Zay — primary (person)
• Chip Perfect — primary (person)
• Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
• Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Pat Boy — cosponsor (person)
• Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
• Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-04 Authored by Senator Koch
• 2022-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-20 Senator Perfect added as second author
• 2022-01-20 Senator Zay added as third author
• 2022-01-20 Senators Doriot, Donato, Leising added as coauthors
• 2022-01-20 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2022-01-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 51: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-24 House sponsor: Representative Soliday
• 2022-01-24 Cosponsor: Representative Manning
• 2022-01-24 Senator Kruse added as coauthor
• 2022-01-24 Senator Yoder added as coauthor
• 2022-01-26 Referred to the House
• 2022-01-31 First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-14 Representative Boy added as cosponsor
• 2022-02-15 Amendment #1 (Pierce) failed; voice vote amendment-failure
• 2022-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2022-03-01 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-01 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-15 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2022-03-18 Public Law 152
• 2022-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/647e5cba-3b5e-44b0-8811-87757dac04af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).