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25th Knesset · outgoing

Planning and Building Law (Amendment – Betterment Levies on Energy Storage Facilities) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק התכנון והבנייה (תיקון - היטלי השבחה במיתקני אגירת אנרגיה)

TL;DRThe bill allows local authorities to grant a full or partial exemption from betterment levies for energy storage facilities.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends the Planning and Building Law by adding a section that applies to betterment of land due to the construction of an energy storage facility. The local authority will be able to decide on a full or partial exemption from paying the betterment levy, or to grant an exemption to the energy supplier. The explanatory notes state that this step is meant to encourage the development of renewable energy storage facilities as part of the response to challenges in the electricity sector.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 18, 2024
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed24 for · 0 against · 5 abstained · 91 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudFor 5 · Absent 27
ShasFor 5 · Absent 6
United Torah JudaismFor 3 · Absent 4
Religious ZionismFor 1 · Absent 6
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAbstained 5 · Absent 19
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 1 · Absent 3

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