AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE

COMMERCE AND LABOR

1. Line 133, introduced, after shall

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the remainder of line 133 and all of lines 134 though 144

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, notwithstanding § 56-234 of the Code of Virginia, be authorized to approve, after notice to all affected parties and opportunity for hearing, pilot programs conducted by public utilities, including programs offering special rates, contracts, or incentives to individual customers or classes of customers to determine the feasibility, and the implications for the public interest, of allowing public electric utilities to offer time-differentiated rates to users of electric motor vehicles to encourage charging of vehicles during nonpeak periods. Elements of the pilot programs may include voluntary load control options; rate structures with financial incentives, rebates, or other incentives that offset the cost of purchasing or installing electric vehicle charging equipment for users who elect nonpeak rate structures. Before approving such pilot programs, including special rates, contracts, and incentives, the Commission shall ensure that such action meets the provisions of subsection B of § 56-235.2 of the Code of Virginia and that such actions are necessary in order to acquire information which is or may be in furtherance of the public interest. An electric utility that participates in such an approved pilot program shall be entitled to recover annually the costs of its participation in any such pilot program conducted by the utility on or after January 1, 2011.