Electricity; SCC to conduct proceeding to determine appropriate energy conservation, etc. (SB1348)
Introduced By
Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Electricity; demand response programs. Establishes a goal of reducing each electric utility's peak demand by 2015 to an amount that is 5.4 percent less than the utility's peak demand during 2010, and by 2020 to an amount that is 10.8 percent less than the utility's peak demand during 2010 through the implementation, by the utility or curtailment service providers, of programs that induce users to curtail electricity usage as a result of congestion and higher prices in the electrical grid. Electric utilities are required to submit plans for meeting the goal and reports on efforts to meet the goal. Each electric utility is required to implement a demand response tariff. Electric utilities are authorized to earn an enhanced rate of return on the reasonable costs of designing and operating demand response programs. The measure authorizes any member of an Independent System Operator (ISO) to deliver to retail customers products and services directly related to the implementation of an ISO program in accordance with the ISO's policies and procedures. The workgroup convened by the SCC in its 2007 proceeding on energy efficiency and conservation is continued as the Virginia Energy Collaborative. The SCC is directed to establish a procedure for the certification of clean demand response, in order that it may count towards the goals of the voluntary renewable energy portfolio standard program. The Air Pollution Control Board is directed to amend its existing regulations governing the issuance of general permits for the use of back-up generation to authorize the construction, installation, reconstruction, modification, and operation of emergency generation sources during ISO-declared emergencies. The SCC is directed to conduct a proceeding to evaluate the cost effectiveness of demand response and energy efficiency programs offered by electric utilities to retail customers, and to study the deployment of smart meter technologies. Amends § 10.1-1307.02 (“Permit for generation of electricity during ISO-declared emergency.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
