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2023 SESSION
SB 1231 Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities, Department of Forestry advisory panel, report.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities; Department of Forestry advisory panel; report. Removes the renewable energy requirement for each Phase I and Phase II Utility to retire all biomass-fired electric generating units that do not co-fire with coal by December 31, 2028. The bill provides that biomass-fired facilities may qualify as renewable energy standard eligible sources, provided that they are in operation as of January 1, 2023, and (i) supply no more than 10 percent of their annual net electrical generation to the electric grid or no more than 15 percent of their annual total useful energy to any entity other than the manufacturing facility to which the generating source is interconnected and are fueled by forest-product manufacturing materials harvested in accordance with best management practices or (ii) are owned by a Phase I or Phase II Utility, have less than 52 megawatts capacity, and are fueled by forest-product manufacturing residuals, biowastes, or biomass harvested in accordance with best management practices. The bill directs the Department of Forestry to convene an advisory panel to examine the use of forest-related materials, agricultural-related materials, and solid woody waste materials for biomass-fired electric generating units in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of the advisory panel's findings and any recommendations to the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than December 1, 2024. The bill further directs the Department of Forestry to develop by December 1, 2023, best management practices for the sustainable harvesting of biomass for biomass-fired electric generating units that are subject to the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 2026.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102338D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105971D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106815D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER) pdf | impact statement
- 05/12/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102338D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/31/23 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/31/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105971D-S1
- 02/02/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105971D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1231S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/23 House: Read first time
- 02/09/23 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
- 02/16/23 House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23106815D-H1
- 02/20/23 House: Read second time
- 02/21/23 House: Read third time
- 02/21/23 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/21/23 House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106815D-H1
- 02/21/23 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1231H1
- 02/21/23 House: Passed House with substitute (82-Y 14-N)
- 02/21/23 House: VOTE: Passage (82-Y 14-N)
- 02/22/23 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 Senate: Title replaced 23106815D-H1
- 03/07/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER)
- 03/08/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/08/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
- 03/13/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/27/23 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/12/23 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #'s 1, 2, 3 (18-Y 22-N)
- 04/12/23 Senate: Recommendation #4 passed by for the day
- 04/12/23 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 05/12/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 804 (effective 7/1/23)
- 05/12/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804)