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2024 SESSION

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SB 562 Captured coal mine methane; pilot program, renewable energy portfolio standard.

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

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Pilot program for captured coal mine methane; renewable energy portfolio standard. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish a pilot program for American Electric Power (Phase I Utility) and Dominion Energy (Phase II Utility) to submit proposals to deploy electricity generation from captured coal mine methane. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred under the captured coal mine methane project shall be recovered through utility base rates. Additionally, the bill provides that electricity generated using captured coal mine methane with a non-combustion electric generator under the captured coal mine methane project shall be considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104626D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/10/24  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104626D
• 01/10/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/23/24  Senate: Continued to 2025 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N)