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2020 SESSION

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HB 868 Electric utilities; right to shop.

Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Electric utilities; right to shop. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. The provisions of the bill will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102574D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20107673D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB868ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/10/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102574D
• 01/07/20  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 02/06/20  House: Committee substitute printed 20107673D-H1
• 02/06/20  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
• 02/09/20  House: Read first time
• 02/10/20  House: Read second time
• 02/10/20  House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107673D-H1
• 02/10/20  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB868H1
• 02/11/20  House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
• 02/11/20  House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
• 02/12/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/12/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/24/20  Senate: Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 4-N)
• 03/02/20  Senate: Reconsidered by Commerce and Labor
• 03/02/20  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-N)
• 03/04/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/20  Senate: Read third time
• 03/05/20  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 03/05/20  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/05/20  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/05/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/05/20  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 7-N)
• 03/05/20  House: Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
• 03/05/20  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
• 03/05/20  Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 11-N)
• 03/05/20  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/05/20  House: House acceded to request
• 03/05/20  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/05/20  House: Delegates: Bourne, Mullin, O'Quinn
• 03/05/20  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/05/20  Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Spruill, Norment
• 03/07/20  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 03/07/20  House: Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 41-N)
• 03/07/20  House: VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
• 03/08/20  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 03/08/20  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 9-N)
• 03/18/20  House: Enrolled
• 03/18/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB868ER)
• 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
• 04/10/20  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1107 (effective - see bill)
• 04/10/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107)