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HB 1451 Public school divisions; SCC to establish pilot program for schools generating electricity.

Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Net energy metering; schools. Directs Dominion Energy Virginia to conduct a pilot program, not exceeding 10 megawatts in the aggregate, under which any public school in the Commonwealth that generates more electricity from a wind-powered or solar-powered generation facility than it consumes in a billing period may either credit the excess electricity to the metered accounts of one or more other schools in the school division or be paid for the excess electricity at the contractually negotiated rate.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Net energy metering; schools. Directs Dominion Virginia Energy to conduct a pilot program under which a public school that generates more electricity from a wind-powered or solar-powered generation facility than it consumes may either credit the excess electricity to one or more other schools in the school division or be paid for the excess electricity at the corresponding retail rate.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Net energy metering; schools. Authorizes a school board to direct that when a school is an eligible customer-generator in the net energy metering program and generates more electricity than it consumes, the supplier is required to credit the excess electricity to one or more other schools in the school division without assessing any service charges or fees.