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HB 1634 Shared solar programs; electric utility regulation, etc.
Introduced by: Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Shared solar programs. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of Dominion Virginia to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, which is defined in the bill as a facility that, among other criteria, generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device with a nameplate capacity rating that does not exceed 5,000 kilowatts. Under the program, a subscriber receives a bill credit for the proportional output of a share solar facility attributable to that subscriber. Subscribers are required to pay a minimum bill, established by the Commission, that includes the costs of infrastructure and related services. The bill provides that the Commission shall approve a shared solar program of 150 megawatts with a minimum requirement of 30 percent of low-income customers and that the Commission will approve an additional 50 megawatts upon determining that at least 45 megawatts of the shared solar capacity have been subscribed to by low-income customers. This bill is identical to SB 629.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105598D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107909D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109064D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109890D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1634ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1634ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1238) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/16/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105598D
- 01/16/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107909D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107909D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1634H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/24/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109064D-S1
- 02/26/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/27/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20109064D-S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1634S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20109064D-S1 (1-Y 98-N)
- 03/02/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 3-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/20 House: Delegates: Jones, Mullin, Wilt
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Surovell, Spruill, Obenshain
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20109890D-H2
- 03/07/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 03/07/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 03/08/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1634ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 19-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (68-Y 19-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1634ER2)
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1238 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1238)