SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2024 SESSION
SB 565 Energy efficiency programs; definitions, incremental annual savings.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Energy efficiency programs; incremental annual savings. Provides that for the 2029 program year and all subsequent years, "in the public interest" for the purpose of assessing energy efficiency programs means that the State Corporation Commission determines that the program is cost-effective. The bill directs the Commission to promulgate regulations no later than September 30, 2025, establishing a single, consistent cost-effectiveness test for use in evaluating proposed energy efficiency programs. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company to track, quantify, and report to the Commission the incremental annual savings, as defined in the bill, achieved by such utility's energy efficiency programs. This bill is identical to HB 746.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104925D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106759D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107975D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB565ER) pdf
- 04/17/24 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB565ER2) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/10/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104925D
- 01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/09/24 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106759D-S1
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106759D-S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB565S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/24 House: Read first time
- 02/16/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/27/24 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107975D-H1
- 02/29/24 House: Read second time
- 03/01/24 House: Read third time
- 03/01/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107975D-H1
- 03/01/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB565H1
- 03/01/24 House: Passed House with substitute (85-Y 12-N)
- 03/01/24 House: VOTE: Passage (85-Y 12-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Title replaced 24107975D-H1
- 03/08/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB565ER)
- 03/08/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (37-Y 3-N)
- 04/17/24 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 5-N)
- 04/17/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 5-N)
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/17/24 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/17/24 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB565ER2)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/17/24 House: Enacted, Chapter 794 (effective 7/1/24)