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2020 SESSION

20104296D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1306
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 8, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 45.1-391.1, relating to renewable energy storage projects; brownfields and reclaimed lands; regulations.
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Patron-- Kory
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 45.1-391.1 as follows:

§ 45.1-391.1. Renewable energy storage projects; brownfields and reclaimed lands.

The Department shall adopt regulations allowing appropriate (i) brownfields, as defined in § 10.1-1230, and (ii) mined lands reclaimed pursuant to Chapter 19 (§ 45.1-226 et seq.) to be developed as sites for renewable energy storage projects.