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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
(HB1855)GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION
1. After line 2161, enrolled
insert
C. The projected costs for the utility to design, implement, and
operate such energy efficiency programs and portfolios of programs shall be no
less than an aggregate amount of $140 million for a Phase I Utility and $870
million for a Phase II Utility for the period beginning July 1, 2018, and
ending July 1, 2028, including any existing approved energy efficiency
programs. In developing such portfolio of energy efficiency programs and
portfolios of programs, each utility shall utilize a stakeholder process, to be
facilitated by an independent monitor compensated under the funding provided
pursuant to subsection E of § 56-592.1, to provide input and feedback on (i)
the development of such energy efficiency programs and portfolios of programs;
(ii) compliance with the total annual energy savings set forth in this
subsection and how such savings affect utility integrated resource plans; (iii)
recommended policy reforms by which the General Assembly or the Commission can
ensure maximum and cost-effective deployment of energy efficiency technology
across the Commonwealth; and (iv) best practices for evaluation, measurement,
and verification for the purposes of assessing compliance with the total annual
energy savings set forth in subsection B. Utilities shall utilize the services
of a third party to perform evaluation, measurement, and verification services
to determine a utility's total annual savings as required by this subsection,
as well as the annual and lifecycle net and gross energy and capacity savings,
related emissions reductions, and other quantifiable benefits of each program;
total customer bill savings that the programs and portfolios produce; and
utility spending on each program, including any associated administrative
costs. The third-party evaluator shall include and review each utility's
avoided costs and cost-benefit analyses. The findings and reports of such third
parties shall be concurrently provided to both the Commission and the utility,
and the Commission shall make each such final annual report easily and publicly
accessible online. Such stakeholder process shall include the participation of
representatives from each utility, relevant directors, deputy directors, and
staff members of the Commission who participate in approval and oversight of
utility energy efficiency savings programs, the office of Consumer Counsel of
the Attorney General, the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy,
energy efficiency program implementers, energy efficiency providers,
residential and small business customers, and any other interested stakeholder
whom the independent monitor deems appropriate for inclusion in such process.
The independent monitor shall convene meetings of the participants in the stakeholder
process not less frequently than twice in each calendar year during the period
beginning July 1, 2019, and ending July 1, 2028. The independent monitor shall
report on the status of the energy efficiency stakeholder process, including
(a) the objectives established by the stakeholder group during this process
related to programs to be proposed, (b) recommendations related to programs to
be proposed that result from the stakeholder process, and (c) the status of
those recommendations, in addition to the petitions filed and the determination
thereon, to the Governor, the Commission, and the Chairmen of the House
Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor
on July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter through July 1, 2028.