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SB 629 Shared solar programs; electric utility regulation, etc.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | 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 HB 1634.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101887D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107477D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109355D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109815D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB629ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB629ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1264) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101887D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/23/20 Senate: Assigned C&L sub: Energy
- 02/03/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107477D-S1
- 02/05/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/07/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/07/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107477D-S1
- 02/07/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB629S1
- 02/07/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/20 House: Read first time
- 02/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/27/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20109355D-H1
- 03/02/20 House: Read second time
- 03/03/20 House: Read third time
- 03/03/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20109355D-H1
- 03/03/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB629H1
- 03/03/20 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/05/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/05/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Surovell, Spruill, Obenshain
- 03/05/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/20 House: Delegates: Levine, Lopez, Head
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109815D-S2
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- 03/08/20 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/08/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (75-Y 16-N 1-A)
- 03/08/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 16-N 1-A)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB629ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 Senate: 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 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 35-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (57-Y 35-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB629ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1264 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1264)