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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

Regular Calendar

Senate Bills on Third Reading

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S.B. 5118. A BILL to require certain utilities to develop an Emergency Debt Repayment Plan. 20201077D

• 09/15/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20201077D-ES1
• 08/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201077D-S1
• 08/19/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20200398D

Patrons--McClellan, Favola and Hashmi; Delegate: Carr

Reported from Committee on Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 5-N 1-A)

YEAS--Saslaw, Lucas, Edwards, Barker, Ebbin, Surovell, Mason, Bell--8.

NAYS--Norment, Newman, Spruill, Marsden, Lewis--5.

ABSTENTIONS--Deeds--1.

Rereferred to the Committee on Finance and Appropriations

Reported from Committee on Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 1-N 2-A)

YEAS--Howell, Saslaw, Norment, Hanger, Lucas, Newman, Barker, Edwards, Locke, Marsden, Ebbin, McClellan--12.

NAYS--Ruff--1.

ABSTENTIONS--Deeds, Petersen--2.

Committee substitute adopted by Senate September 15, 2020

Committee amendments adopted by Senate September 15, 2020

AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS

1. At the beginning of line 43, substitute

insert

The Commission shall allow for the timely recovery of bad debt obligations, reasonable late payment fees suspended, and prudently incurred implementation costs resulting from an EDRP for jurisdictional utilities, including through a rate adjustment clause or through base rates. The Commission may apply any applicable earnings test in the Commission rules governing utility rate applications and annual informational filings when assessing the recovery of such costs.

FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS

2. Line 57, substitute, after provide

insert

, upon request,

FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS

3. Line 64, substitute, after report

strike

the remainder of line 64, all of line 65, and through 2021 on line 66

insert

within 30 days of a request by the chairs of such committees

 

FINANCE AND APPROPRIATIONS

4. Line 67, substitute, after than

strike

November 20, 2020

insert

January 1, 2021