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2013 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor

Chairman: John C. Watkins

Clerk: Maribeth Turner, Cheryl Law
Staff: Frank Munyan
Date of Meeting: February 11, 2013
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 Hour after Adjournment, Senate Room B

H.B. 1305 Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment, unless evidence to contrary.

Patron: Habeeb

Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment. Revises the provision enacted in 2011 that created a presumption, in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary, that an injury is work related if an employee is physically or mentally unable to testify and there is unrebutted prima facie evidence that the injury was work related. This measure clarifies that where the factual circumstances are of sufficient strength from which the only rational inference to be drawn is that the accident arose out of and in the course of employment, it shall be presumed the accident arose out of and in the course of employment, unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of competent evidence to the contrary.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-105 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; presumption; injuries in course of employment.

13104004D

H.B. 1318 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; certain liquefied propane gas containers exempt from Act.

Patron: Ware, R.L.

Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act; liquefied propane gas containers. Exempts stationary American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) LP-Gas containers used exclusively in propane service from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act if their capacity does not exceed 2,000 gallons and the owner or his servicing agent inspects the tank every five years, maintains records of the inspection, and makes the records available to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. The measure also provides that boilers and pressure vessels on the property of private residences and apartment houses with fewer than four units are exempt from the Act; the current exemption applies only to such equipment in such residences or apartment houses.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-51.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act.

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H.B. 1347 Workers' compensation; weather as risk of public safety officer's employment,injuries incurred.

Patron: Wright

Workers' compensation; injuries to public safety officers.   States that an injury to a public safety officer in situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of his employment shall be compensable where the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 65.2-301.1 relating to workers' compensation; weather as a risk of a public safety officer's employment.

13104365D

H.B. 1372 Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification.

Patron: Head

Unemployment compensation; disqualification from benefits due to loss of license or certification. Provides that an individual is ineligible for unemployment benefits if he has been discharged because he lost or failed to renew a license or certification that is required for his job.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 60.2-618, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits; loss of certification or licensure as misconduct.

13101584D

H.B. 1481 Scrap metal purchasers; purchase of secondhand articles, reports, penalty.

Patron: Merricks

Secondhand articles; scrap metal purchasers; penalty. Provides that any person or business that purchases scrap metal in excess of $20,000 during a 12-month period shall be subject to requirements regarding the purchase of nonferrous scrap, metal articles, and proprietary articles. The bill requires scrap metal purchasers to take and maintain for 30 days an image of any proprietary articles purchased. The bill also requires scrap metal purchasers to submit to the chief law-enforcement officer a report of all of its purchases of certain items, if requested by such law-enforcement officer, using a form prescribed by the Virginia State Police. The bill incorporates HB1323.

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 59.1-116.1, 59.1-117, 59.1-121, 59.1-123, 59.1-136.1, 59.1-136.3, 59.1-136.5, and 59.1-136.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to secondhand articles; scrap metal purchasers; penalty.

13104303D

H.B. 1607 Property and casualty insurance policies; electronic notices, etc.

Patron: Hugo

Property and casualty insurance policies; electronic notices. Removes provisions that prevent property and casualty insurers from delivering electronically notices of cancellation of certain policies of property or casualty insurance.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-231, 38.2-325, 38.2-2113, 38.2-2114, 38.2-2208, and 38.2-2212 of the Code of Virginia, relating to property and casualty insurance; notices relating to policies.

13103773D

H.B. 1610 Financial institutions; identification of joint accounts.

Patron: Hugo

Financial institutions; joint accounts. Eliminates the requirement that financial institutions maintain or make available forms for the creation of both joint accounts with survivorship and joint accounts without survivorship. A financial institution may elect to make one or both forms available to persons opening joint accounts.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 6.2-618 of the Code of Virginia, relating to financial institutions; identification of joint accounts.

13101729D

H.B. 1655 Motor vehicle insurance; assignment of medical expense benefits to assignor's health care provider.

Patron: Kilgore

Motor vehicle insurance; assignment of medical expense benefits. Establishes requirements for assigning motor vehicle insurance medical expense benefits to the assignor's health care provider. In order for an assignment to be valid, a copy of the executed assignment of benefits form shall be provided to the motor vehicle insurer. The assignment form is required to include, among other things, statements that the person may want to consult his insurance agent or attorney before signing the form and that he is not required to execute the form to receive care. The assignor is required to receive notice of the effect of the assignment. Subject to certain exceptions, upon receipt of a copy of a valid assignment form, the motor vehicle insurer shall pay directly to the health care provider, from any medical expense benefits available to such person under a motor vehicle insurance policy, any copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles owed by the injured covered person to the health care provider if the covered injured person is covered under a health care policy, the health care provider is an in-network provider, and the health care provider has submitted its claim to the health insurer for the health care services. If the covered injured person is not covered under a health care policy or the health care provider is not an in-network provider, the motor vehicle insurer shall pay directly to the health care provider, from such available benefits, amounts to cover the cost of the health care services provided, in the amount of the usual and customary fee charged in that community for the health care services rendered. A motor vehicle insurer shall be held harmless for making payments to a health care provider pursuant to a valid assignment of benefits.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-2201 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle insurance policies; assignment of certain benefits.

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H.B. 1695 Agricultural-customer generators, eligible; renewable energy incentives through net metering, etc.

Patron: Minchew

Renewable energy; agricultural net metering.  Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a net energy metering programs for eligible agricultural customers. Agricultural net metering will allow a customer that operates a solar, wind, or aerobic or anaerobic digester gas facility of up to 500 kilowatts as part of an agricultural business to be served by multiple meters that are located at separate but contiguous sites, provided the generating facility is located on land owned or controlled by the agricultural business and is used to provide energy to metered accounts of the agricultural business.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 56-594 of the Code of Virginia, relating to renewable energy incentives through net metering programs.

13104711D

H.B. 1707 Unemployment compensation; notices of penalties for fraudulent claims for benefits.

Patron: Ransone

Unemployment compensation; notice penalty for fraud. Requires the Virginia Employment Commission to provide claimants with notices of the sanctions to which a claimant is subject as a consequence of providing false or misleading statements to obtain state unemployment compensation benefits.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 6 of Title 60.2 a section numbered 60.2-636, relating to notices of penalties for fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation benefits.

13103130D

H.B. 1731 Self storage units; procedure for lessors to sell self storage insurance for personal property.

Patron: Hugo

Self storage unit insurance. Establishes a procedure for lessors of self storage units to sell insurance that provides coverage against loss of or damage to items of personal property stored in a self storage unit in accordance with the terms of the storage unit rental agreement. The lessor will be required to hold a limited lines property and casualty insurance agent license to sell or offer coverage under such policies. The lessor's employees and authorized representatives are not subject to licensure as producers if, among other requirements, the lessor is licensed, maintains a training program, and does not compensate its employees or authorized representatives based primarily on the number of customers purchasing coverage. The measure provides for the issuance of a license to an applicant whose home state does not issue a producer license with a similar line of authority, provided that the license will terminate if his home state does not have a similar line of insurance by July 1, 2017, or a later date determined by the State Corporation Commission. The Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-1800 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 18 of Title 38.2 an article numbered 8.1, consisting of sections numbered 38.2-1881 through 38.2-1886, relating to self storage insurance.

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H.B. 1733 Workers' compensation; peer review of services rendered by physicians.

Patron: Loupassi

Workers' compensation; peer review of services rendered by physicians. Allows any party to a dispute regarding medical treatment or services that has been referred to a peer review committee to have the matter remanded to the Workers' Compensation Commission if the matter has not been resolved within six months of its referral. A case remanded to the Commission shall not be re-referred to a peer review committee.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-1306 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; peer review of medical costs; referral to committee.

13103396D

H.B. 1739 Banks; security deposits of governmental entities.

Patron: Merricks

Banks; deposits of securities. Authorizes banks to deposit securities for the purpose of securing deposits of any other state where the bank has a branch office or any agency or political subdivision of such state. Under current law, banks may deposit securities to secure deposits by the Commonwealth and its agencies and political subdivisions.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 6.2-890 of the Code of Virginia, relating to banks; securing deposits of governmental entities.

13101728D

H.B. 1760 State Corporation Commission; integration of processes and forms by June 30, 2018, etc., report.

Patron: Ramadan

Virginia Business One Stop electronic portal program; participation by State Corporation Commission. Requires the State Corporation Commission, by June 30, 2018, to fully integrate processes and forms into the Business Permitting Center administered by the Department of Business Assistance and to process all forms within 48 business hours from the time the applicant submits the form electronically. The bill also provides for the Commission and the Business Permitting Center to report on progress and any barriers to completion biannually to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance, Senate General Laws and Technology, Senate Commerce and Labor, House Appropriations and House Commerce and Labor committees.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 2.2-904.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the integration of the State Corporation Commission into the one-stop small business permitting program.

13104705D

H.B. 1769 Health insurance; plan management and rate review.

Patron: Kilgore

Health insurance; plan management and rate review. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission (SCC), with assistance from the Virginia Department of Health, to perform plan management functions required to certify health benefit plans for participation in a federally facilitated health benefit exchange in Virginia. This obligation is contingent upon the availability of full funding, technology infrastructure being made available to the SCC, and there being no other impediments that effectively prevent the SCC from performing any required plan management functions. In addition, the SCC's obligation to perform plan management functions is contingent upon receiving federal funding sufficient to pay the operating expenses necessary to carry out the functions. The SCC may contract with and enter into memoranda of understanding to carry out its plan management functions with any state or federal agency. The measure also authorizes the SCC to review and approve accident and sickness insurance premium rates applicable to health benefit plans in the individual and small group markets and health benefit plans providing health insurance coverage in the individual market through certain non-employer group plans. The power to review and approve rates is a condition to the SCC being found to be an effective regulator of such rates. Finally, the measure authorizes the Virginia Department of Health to assist in the plan management functions.

A BILL amend and reenact §§ 32.1-16 and 32.1-137.2 of the Code of Virginia, and §§ 38.2-4214, 38.2-4319, and 38.2-4509 of the Code of Virginia as they are currently effective and as they shall become effective, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 3 of Title 38.2 sections numbered 38.2-316.1 and 38.2-326, relating to the powers of the State Corporation Commission to perform plan management functions for participation in a federally facilitated health benefit exchange; review and approval of health insurance premium rates.

13104489D

H.B. 1770 Natural gas utilities; eligible safety activity costs to be recovered as deferred costs.

Patron: Miller

Natural gas utility ratemaking; eligible safety activity costs. Permits natural gas utilities to recover certain safety activity costs incurred on or after January 1, 2013, in future rates by accounting for them as deferred costs. The amount deferred shall not exceed four percent of the natural gas utility's net plant investment that was utilized in establishing or confirming the utility's base rates. The utility shall be deemed to have recovered eligible safety activity costs to the extent that the return on equity earned by the utility in an earnings test filing for a year, after consideration of the treatment of regulatory assets, is in excess of the mid-point of the rate of return on equity range specified or confirmed in the natural gas utility's most recent rate case or performance-based regulation plan. If a utility's base rates include eligible safety activity costs, the utility shall only be permitted to defer the level of eligible safety activity costs that are in excess of the level reflected in base rates.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-235.10, relating to natural gas utilities; recovery of eligible safety activity costs.

13104542D

H.B. 1784 Accident and sickness insurance; individual open enrollment program.

Patron: Kilgore

Individual accident and sickness insurance; open enrollment program. Repeals the requirement that a health insurer that is, or is successor to, a health services plan provide an open enrollment program for individual accident and sickness contracts. Under the open enrollment program, an individual may purchase a product at any time during the year, with the caveat that the individual serve a 12-month waiting period before services are covered for any preexisting condition. The requirement for such an open enrollment program is inconsistent with guaranteed issue provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that prohibit waiting periods for coverage for preexisting conditions and that provide for limited open enrollment periods. The measure also eliminates certain provisions that set a tax rate of 0.75 percent on premiums from policies sold under the open enrollment program, and for taxable years 2013 and thereafter the tax rate will be 2.25 percent. The measure will become effective January 1, 2014.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-352, 38.2-508, 38.2-3432.3, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 38.2-3444, 38.2-4229.1, and 58.1-2501 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 38.2-4216.1 of the Code of Virginia, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, relating to individual accident and sickness contracts; open enrollment program.

13103204D

H.B. 1799 Natural gas utilities; investments in qualifying projects.

Patron: Lewis

Natural gas utilities; investments in qualifying projects. Exempts any natural gas utility that serves fewer than 1,000 residential customer and fewer than 250 commercial and industrial customers from the cap on the amount of investments in qualifying projects a natural gas utility may make. Under current law, a natural gas utility's annual investments in qualifying projects shall not exceed one percent of the utility's net plant investment that was used to establish base rates in its most recent rate case. Legislation enacted in 2012 established a mechanism for natural gas utilities to recover the costs of a qualifying project. A qualifying project is an economic development project for which, among other things, the utility has received a binding commitment from the developer or occupant of the proposed project regarding capacity or a financial guaranty from the developer or state or local government in the amount of at least 50 percent of the estimated investment to be made in the proposed project.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 56-607 of the Code of Virginia, relating to natural gas utility infrastructure.

13100919D

H.B. 1838 Insurance agents; agent whose license has been revoked, may not be employed by agent or agency.

Patron: McClellan

Insurance agents; effect of loss of license. Prohibits an individual whose license has been revoked by the State Corporation Commission, or voluntarily surrendered in lieu of a hearing before the Commission, shall directly or indirectly own and operate, control, or be employed in any manner by an insurance agent or agency during the time period in which the individual is unlicensed unless otherwise authorized by the State Corporation Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-1822 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the licensing of insurance agents; effect of revocation or surrender of license.

13104763D

H.B. 1900 Health insurance reform; revises State's laws.

Patron: Rust

Health insurance reform. Revises Virginia's laws pertaining to the regulation of health insurance and related products in order to be consistent with relevant requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that become effective on January 1, 2014. These requirements include addressing premium rate restrictions on health benefit plans providing individual and small group health insurance coverage, prohibiting discrimination based on health status, prohibiting adjustments in the cost of coverage based on genetic information, requiring individual and small group health insurance coverage to include the essential health benefits as required by the PPACA, limiting waiting periods for health plans offering group health insurance coverage to 90 days, providing for participation in clinical trials, and authorizing health carriers to provide for wellness programs. The measure removes provisions relating to the standard and essential health benefits plans because they include coverage for services that may or may not comport with the essential health benefit package, and enforcement of the existing requirement would conflict with the PPACA. Though not specifically required to maintain conformity with federal law, the measure (i) keeps the existing limits for maximum size for a small group at 50 employees until 2016 and (ii) authorizes the State Corporation Commission to establish geographic rating areas. The bill removes the sunsets that were placed in provisions affected by or enacted as a result of the PPACA, including the external review processes. The measure is effective January 1, 2014.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 38.2-508.1, 38.2-3406.1, 38.2-3407.12, 38.2-3412.1, 38.2-3412.1:01, 38.2-3417, 38.2-3418.8, 38.2-3430.3, 38.2-3431, 38.2-3432.1, 38.2-3432.2, 38.2-3436, 38.2-3438, 38.2-3439, 38.2-3440, 38.2-3442, 38.2-3444, 38.2-3501, 38.2-3503, 38.2-3520, 38.2-3521.1, 38.2-3522.1, 38.2-3523.4, 38.2-3540.2, 38.2-3551, 38.2-4109, 38.2-4214, 38.2-4306, and 38.2-4319 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 34 of Title 38.2 sections numbered 38.2-3447 through 38.2-3454; and to repeal § 38.2-3433 of the Code of Virginia, the third enactment of Chapter 788 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011, and the second enactment of Chapter 882 of the Acts of Assembly of 2011, relating to health insurance reform.

13103458D

H.B. 2018 Workers' compensation; coverage for trainees at criminal justice training academies.

Patron: Garrett

Workers' compensation coverage for trainees at criminal justice training academies. Clarifies that any individual who receives training at a criminal justice training academy is not an employee of the academy. The academy is not required to provide workers' compensation coverage or benefits to such an individual. The employer that arranges for an individual to be trained at a criminal justice training academy is required to provide workers' compensation coverage and benefits to the individual during the period he is receiving training at the academy.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 65.2 a section numbered 65.2-106, relating to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act; trainees of criminal justice training academies.

13103416D

H.B. 2023 Travel insurance; provides for sale by licensed property and casualty insurance agents, etc.

Patron: Marshall, D.W.

Travel insurance. Provides authorization for a business entity that is licensed as a travel agent, or acting under direction of a licensed travel agent, to offer travel insurance under a limited lines travel insurance agent license, upon complying with requirements that include maintaining a register, designating a responsible licensed producer, and providing training to certain employees and authorized representatives. Travel retailers are required to make available written materials that provide the information about the insurer and the limited lines travel insurance agent, explain that the purchase of travel insurance is not required in order to purchase any other product or service, and explain that an unlicensed travel retailer is not authorized to answer technical questions about the terms and conditions of the insurance offered. A travel retailer employee or authorized representative may not be compensated based primarily on the number of customers who purchase travel insurance coverage .

A BILL to amend and reenact § 38.2-1800 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 18 of Title 38.2 an article numbered 9, consisting of sections numbered 38.2-1881 through 38.2-1884, relating to travel insurance.

13104377D

H.B. 2061 Human trafficking hotline; posted notices, etc.

Patron: Bulova

Human trafficking hotline; posted notices. Provides that any employer who operates a truck stop and who fails to post a notice, in the same location where other employee notices required by state or federal law are posted, of the existence of a human trafficking hotline is subject to a civil penalty of $100. A civil penalty shall not be assessed until after 72 hours' notice of such failure. No such civil penalties shall be assessed prior to January 1, 2014. The measure also clarifies that civil penalties are to be assessed by the Department of Labor and Industry.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 40.1-11.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to human trafficking; notices by employers; truck stops.

13104315D

H.B. 2102 Uniform Commercial Code; secured transactions, filing of documents, etc.

Patron: Cline

Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions; filings. .Provides that a filing under Article 8.9A of the Uniform Commercial Code does not occur with respect to an initial financing statement or amendment thereto that the State Corporation Commission refuses, or may have refused, to file on grounds that such a record is not created pursuant to Article 8.9A, is materially false or fraudulent, is presented for an improper purpose, or indicates that the debtor and secured party are substantially the same person or that the record was transmitted by an individual debtor. If a record should have been rejected for any of these reasons, the record shall be deemed void and ineffective and the filing office may remove it from the index. Other changes conform terminology regarding persons falsely identified in a financing statement filed with the office of the clerk of the Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 8.9A-516 and 12.1-21.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions; filing of documents.

13101767D

H.B. 2104 Banks; derivative transactions.

Patron: Kilgore

Banks; derivative transactions. Provides for the treatment of derivative transactions with regard to the requirement that the total obligations of any person to any bank shall at no time exceed 15 percent of the sum of the capital, surplus, and loan loss reserve of a bank. An "obligation" is defined in this measure as including any credit exposure to a person arising from a derivative transaction between the bank and the person. "Derivative transaction" is defined as including any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. The Commission is authorized to adopt regulations to further define the term "derivative transaction" and to set forth the rules for calculating credit exposures arising from derivative transactions.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 6.2-875 of the Code of Virginia, relating to banks; derivative transactions; lending limit.

13103720D

H.B. 2174 Workers' compensation; awards of compensation.

Patron: Lewis

Workers' compensation; awards of compensation. Provides that wages paid to an employee who is physically unable to return to his pre-injury work due to a compensable injury and who is provided work within his capacity at a wage equal to or greater than his pre-injury wage shall be considered compensation paid pursuant to an award for compensation. Any award of compensation may be reviewed by the Workers' Compensation Commission.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 65.2-708 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workers' compensation; review of award on change in condition.

13103682D

H.B. 2180 Electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program, eligible energy.

Patron: Rust

Renewable energy portfolio standard program; eligible energy. Provides that renewable energy that is purchased by a participating utility under an agreement executed on or after July 1, 2013, will count toward meeting the RPS Goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program only if the agreement expressly transfers ownership of renewable attributes, in addition to ownership of the energy, to the participating utility. The bill also provides that renewable energy generated by the utility will be counted toward meeting the RPS Goals if it is from a facility in which the public utility owns at least a 49 percent interest that is located in the Commonwealth, in the interconnection region of the regional transmission entity of which the utility is a member, or in a control area adjacent to such interconnection region. Renewable energy represented by renewable energy certificates will continue to be eligible to be counted toward meeting the RPS Goals.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 56-585.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electric utilities; renewable energy portfolio standard program.

13104718D

H.B. 2273 Enterprise Zone Grant Program; redesignation of certain joint enterprise zones.

Patron: McClellan

Enterprise Zone Grant Program; redesignation of certain joint enterprise zones. Provides that upon the expiration of a joint enterprise zone, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall be required to extend such zone for the county or city that was added to the existing enterprise zone to create the joint enterprise zone.  Under the bill the duration of the redesignated enterprise zone will equal the length of time the original enterprise zone existed before the county or city was added.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-544 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Enterprise Zone Grant Program; redesignation of certain joint enterprise zones.

13102652D

H.B. 2334 Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility; SCC to conduct pilot program.

Patron: Yancey

Renewable energy power purchase agreements. Directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct a pilot program in a certain utility's service territory. Under the pilot program, a person that owns or operates a solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility located on premises owned or leased by an eligible customer-generator will be allowed sell the electricity generated from such facility exclusively to the eligible customer-generator under a power purchase agreement. The power purchase agreement will provide for third party financing of the costs of the renewable generation facility.

A BILL to direct the establishment of a pilot program for third party power purchase agreements.

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