AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

DEL. SCOTT

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1,250

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1,000

DEL. BOURNE

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Consideration

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In selecting participating school divisions, a utility shall consider and prioritize school divisions within such utility’s service territory that serve (i) schools that receive funding pursuant to Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, and (ii) students who live in areas with the lowest ambient air quality as measured through ambient air monitors located throughout the Commonwealth. No fewer than at least 25 percent of buses in the electric school bus project shall be allocated to schools that receive funding pursuant to Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended. The utility shall then ensure participating school divisions are equitably geographically distributed throughout the utility’s service territory. Additionally, consideration

DEL. SCOTT

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. No school division shall be required to participate in an electric school bus project

DEL. SCOTT

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however, a utility shall not prioritize use of an electric school bus battery as an electric grid stabilization or peak-shaving resource when such bus is scheduled for or otherwise needed for student transportation and in no event shall a utility remove a bus from service in transportation of students after an electric school bus has begun its daily route for transportation of students and prior to the electric school bus completing such route for the day;

DEL. KEAM

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the remainder of line 59, all of lines 60 through 63, and through D. on line 64

DEL. KEAM

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E.

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D.

DEL. KEAM

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E. Each utility that elects to operate an electric school bus project shall be entitled to recover all reasonable and prudent program costs and shall petition the Commission for the recovery of such costs as an operations and maintenance expense under the utility's base rates. The total costs recovered shall not exceed the national average incremental costs of purchasing and deploying electric school buses as determined by the Commission for the previous year, but if the actual incremental costs of purchasing and deploying electric school buses are lower than such national average, the utility may earn a margin equal to 50 percent of the savings achieved through competitive solicitation.

DEL. KEAM

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F.

DEL. KEAM

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2. That the provisions of this act shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly.