Electric utilities; purchases from net metering sellers. (HB129)

Introduced By

Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City) with support from co-patrons Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), and Del. Luke Torian (D-Woodbridge)

Progress

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 Introduced
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 Passed Committee
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 Passed House
☐
 Passed Senate
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 Signed by Governor
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 Became Law

Description

Electric utilities; retail competition; purchases from net metering sellers.  Authorizes individual retail customers who are eligible customer-generators under Virginia's net energy metering program to purchase electricity provided 100 percent from renewable energy exclusively for their own consumption from a net metering seller. A net metering seller is a person, other than a utility or licensed supplier, that owns or operates a renewable energy electricity generation source on premises that is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by an eligible customer-generator and sells the electricity generated from the renewable generation source exclusively to the eligible customer-generator under a power purchase agreement. This exception to the incumbent electric utility's exclusive service territory applies even if the utility offers an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. Amends § 56-576, § 56-577, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

  • 01/04/2012 Committee
  • 01/04/2012 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101947D
  • 01/04/2012 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 01/17/2012 Impact statement from SCC (HB129)
  • 01/17/2012 Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy
  • 01/26/2012 Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2012 Reported from Commerce and Labor (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
  • 02/02/2012 Read first time
  • 02/03/2012 Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/06/2012 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 02/06/2012 VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
  • 02/07/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/07/2012 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  • 02/27/2012 Committee substitute printed 12105441D-S1
  • 02/27/2012 Continued to 2013 in Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
  • 02/29/2012 Impact statement from SCC (HB129S1)

Map

This bill mentions Lynchburg, Fairfax.

Comments

Waldo J., tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

Oh, hell yes.

Posted 17 months ago.
ron skinner writes:

find out exactly what this means.

Posted 16 months ago.