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2008 SESSION

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HB 1228 Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. 

Introduced by: Margaret G. Vanderhye | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Electric utilities; notice of renewable power options. Requires each investor-owned electric utility in the Commonwealth, effective January 1, 2009, to include in its customer's bills, at least once each quarter, a notice directing customers to a toll-free telephone number or Internet website that will provide information on options to purchase electric energy provided from renewable energy sources. The notice shall include instructions for purchasing electric energy from renewable sources from the utility or other licensed supplier of electric energy. Such utilities are also required to feature available options for purchasing electricity from renewable sources prominently on their Internet sites.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086939762  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080144762-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/03/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1228ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/08  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086939762
• 01/09/08  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/25/08  House: Assigned C & L sub: 3 Energy
• 02/05/08  House: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 13-N)
• 02/07/08  House: Reconsidered by Commerce and Labor
• 02/07/08  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
• 02/08/08  House: Committee substitute printed 080144762-H1
• 02/09/08  House: Read first time
• 02/11/08  House: Read second time
• 02/11/08  House: Committee substitute agreed to 080144762-H1
• 02/11/08  House: Pending question ordered
• 02/11/08  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1228H1
• 02/12/08  House: Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N)
• 02/12/08  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (81-Y 17-N)
• 02/12/08  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/25/08  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Read third time
• 02/28/08  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/08  House: Enrolled
• 03/03/08  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1228ER)
• 03/04/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/04/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/10/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/17/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)