HB796: Virginia Energy Plan; postpones due date for quadrennial updates.

HOUSE BILL NO. 796

Offered January 8, 2014
Prefiled January 7, 2014
A BILL to amend and reenact § 67-202 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the schedule for updating the Virginia Energy Plan.
Patron-- Lopez
Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 67-202 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 67-202. Schedule.

A. The Division shall complete the Plan by July 1, 2007.

B. Prior to completion of the Plan and updates thereof, the Division shall present drafts to, and consult with, the Coal and Energy Commission and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.

C. The Plan shall be updated by the Division and submitted as provided in § 67-203 by July 1, 2010, October 1, 2014, and every four years fourth October 1 thereafter. Updated reports shall reassess goals for energy conservation based on progress to date in meeting the goals in the previous plan and lessons learned from attempts to meet such goals.