Renewable energy portfolio standard program; credit multipliers. (HB2446)

Introduced By

Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)

Progress

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

Description

Renewable energy portfolio standard program.  Provides that an investor-owned electric utility will receive (i) double credit toward meeting the goals of the renewable energy portfolio standard program for energy from biomass or waste-to-energy; (ii) triple credit toward such goals for energy from sunlight; and (iii) quadruple credit toward such goals for energy from sunlight if the facility is located in Virginia and the majority of the products used to generate the energy are manufactured or assembled in the United States. Read the Bill »

Status

02/21/2011: Failed to Pass in Committee

History

DateAction
01/19/2011Presented and ordered printed 11104093D
01/19/2011Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/21/2011Assigned C & L sub: #3 Special Subcommittee on Energy
01/25/2011Subcommittee recommends reporting (12-Y 0-N)
02/01/2011Impact statement from SCC (HB2446)
02/01/2011Reported from Commerce and Labor (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2011Read first time
02/04/2011Read second time and engrossed
02/06/2011Passed by for the day
02/07/2011Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/07/2011VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2011Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2011Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/21/2011Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor with letter (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2011Letter sent to Commission on Electric Utility Regulation

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.