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type: "Bill"
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title: "Underground pumped storage hydropower."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 147"
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citation: "Indiana SB 147 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ENERGY", "MINES AND MINERALS", "WATER generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Chip Perfect", "Edmond Soliday", "Eric Koch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/647e5cba-3b5e-44b0-8811-87757dac04af"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/147"
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source_hash: "a5b9ec4947955544cb30ea45d023176f60086ef51a2faa7b76a5c6c5c883c42a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 147 (2022) — Underground pumped storage hydropower.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0147/versions/SB0147.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0147/versions/SB0147.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0147/versions/SB0147.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0147/versions/SB0147.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 147 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andy Zay — primary (person)
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- Chip Perfect — primary (person)
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- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis Kruse — coauthor (person)
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- Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Pat Boy — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Koch
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- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-20** Senator Perfect added as second author
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- **2022-01-20** Senator Zay added as third author
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- **2022-01-20** Senators Doriot, Donato, Leising added as coauthors
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- **2022-01-20** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 51: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-24** House sponsor: Representative Soliday
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- **2022-01-24** Cosponsor: Representative Manning
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Kruse added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-24** Senator Yoder added as coauthor
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- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
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- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-08** Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-14** Representative Boy added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-15** Amendment #1 (Pierce) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-03-18** Public Law 152
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- **2022-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/647e5cba-3b5e-44b0-8811-87757dac04af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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