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2023 SESSION

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SB 1121 Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use.

Introduced by: T. Travis Hackworth | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Coal mine methane; capture and beneficial use; Department of Energy to evaluate policy options; report. States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane, defined in the bill. The bill directs the Department of Energy to evaluate policy options to encourage the capture and beneficial use of coal mine methane and submit a report of its findings by November 15, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1643.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Electric utilities; renewable energy; coal mine methane. Provides that for the purpose of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, renewable energy includes coal mine methane, defined in the bill as methane contained within a worked-out area of an underground coal mine that will eventually escape to the surface via vents, fissures, or ventilation holes.