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2009 SESSION
HB 2171 Agricultural waste; excludes any farm, etc., that owns & operates facilities within State.
Introduced by: Margaret G. Vanderhye | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Electrical generation from agricultural waste. Excludes any farm or aggregation of farms that owns and operates facilities within the Commonwealth for the generation of electric energy from waste-to-energy technology, including methane digesters, from regulation as a public utility, public service corporation, or public service company. To be eligible for such designation, a person must obtain at least 51 percent of its annual gross income from agricultural operations and produce the agricultural waste that is used as feedstock in the generation of the electricity. Such generator will be permitted to interconnect to the electric grid in accordance with regulations to be adopted by the State Corporation Commission. The measure also provides that such generators of electricity shall not be considered "manufacturers" under any provision of the Code of Virginia.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091245440 pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090185762-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2171ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091245440
- 01/14/09 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/26/09 House: Assigned C & L sub: 3 Energy
- 02/04/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 02/05/09 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090185762-H1
- 02/08/09 House: Read first time
- 02/09/09 House: Read second time
- 02/09/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 090185762-H1
- 02/09/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2171H1
- 02/10/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/10/09 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/09 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/23/09 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/09 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/09 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2171ER)
- 03/05/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/30/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 746 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/30/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)