Solar-powered or wind-powered electricity generation facility; SCC to conduct pilot program, etc. (SB1023)

Introduced By

Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke) with support from co-patron Del. Luke Torian (D-Woodbridge)

Description

Renewable energy power purchase agreements. Excludes renewable energy sellers from regulation as a public utility. A renewable energy seller is a person that (i) owns or operates a renewable energy electricity generation source on the premises owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by an eligible customer-generator under the net energy metering program and (ii) sells the electricity generated from such renewable energy electricity generation source exclusively to such eligible-customer generator under a power purchase agreement. The measure expands the scope of permitted retail competition for electric generation service to allow individual retail customers that are eligible customer-generators to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy exclusively for their own consumption from a renewable energy seller pursuant to a power purchase agreement in order to supply some or all of such retail customer's electric energy requirements. These customers will be permitted to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy pursuant to a power purchase agreement from a renewable energy seller without regard to whether the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive service territory offers an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. An eligible customer-generator may enter into a non-net-metered power purchase agreement with a renewable energy generator for onsite qualifying renewable energy generation facilities that are greater than the maximum allowable net metering project size provided they have a capacity of less than five megawatts, unless the utility permits a larger size. Read the Bill »

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