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2023 SESSION
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S.B. 1231.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-585.5 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities; Department of
Forestry advisory panel; report.
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER)
- 02/16/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106815D-H1
- 01/31/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105971D-S1
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102338D
Patron--Lewis
Passed Senate February 6, 2023 (39-Y 0-N)
House substitute agreed to by Senate
February 22, 2023
(40-Y 0-N)
GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION
1. Line 77, enrolled, after solar
insert
, zero-emission hydrogen, nuclear technology constructed after
January 1, 2022, and located in the Commonwealth or physically located within
the PJM region,
2. After line 447, enrolled
insert
4. A Phase I or Phase II utility shall not permanently retire an
electric power generation facility without first obtaining an order from the
Commission that the retirement, after considering the impact of the proposed
retirement on reliability or security of electric service to customers, is
reasonable and prudent.
3. After line 447, enrolled
insert
5. That the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) may
extend the required timeframes contained in § 56-585.5 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended by this act, as it deems necessary if it finds that compliance with such
requirements would threaten the reliability or security of electric service to
customers. The Commission may, on its own motion, initiate a proceeding to
determine the necessity of extending such timeframes. Where requirements are
waived or applications are denied or modified on the basis of grid reliability
or security, no Phase I or Phase II Utility shall be subject to the renewable
energy portfolio standard deficiency payments that would otherwise result from
such a ruling pursuant to § 56-585.5 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by
this act.
4. After line 447, enrolled
insert
6. That notwithstanding §§ 56-576 and 56-585.5, as amended by
this act, of the Code of Virginia, a non-fossil-fueled waste-wood biomass
electric generating facility operated by a non-Phase I or non-Phase II Utility,
or its wholly owned affiliate, that also has online at least 148 megawatts of
resources producing renewable energy as that term is defined in § 56-576 of the
Code of Virginia shall be deemed a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS)
eligible source.