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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah HB 413 Requires Electric Utilities to Analyze Surplus Interconnection Service
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsor: Christine Watkins
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill requires affected electrical utilities in Utah to analyze opportunities in their filings and allows them to recover approved project costs starting May 6, 2026.
The measure establishes new planning requirements for electrical utilities regarding unused transmission capacity, affecting how utilities evaluate and recover costs for energy projects.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
affected electrical utility
Affected electrical utilities must analyze surplus interconnection service opportunities in integrated resource plan filings, consider them in action plans, and are permitted to recover approved project costs.
generators
Generators holding large generator interconnection agreements are subject to analysis for potential surplus interconnection service opportunities.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Can utilities recover costs for surplus interconnection service projects?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
15 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 5, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ sent to Rules
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Recommends Returned to Rules
- Feb 12, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Held
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
Show 9 earlier actions
- Feb 3, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 2, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0413
- Jan 30, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0413
- Jan 29, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 29, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 28, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0413
- Jan 28, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0413
- Jan 28, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 28, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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