Electric utilities; renewable energy resources and energy efficiency goals. (HB1913)

Introduced By

Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington)

Progress

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

Description

Electric utilities; renewable energy resources and energy efficiency goals. Revises the existing voluntary renewable energy portfolio standard program to require participating utilities to make investments in solar energy generation, onshore wind generation, offshore wind generation, and cumulative energy efficiency savings by calendar year 2030, but does not provide sanctions on a utility that fails to meet this goal. The measure (i) deletes provisions of the existing renewable energy portfolio standard program that provide credits for qualified investments by a participating utility in research and development programs and activities; (ii) deletes the double and triple credits for certain types of renewable energy generation while retaining the double credit for energy from on-shore wind obtained under power purchase agreements entered into prior to January 1, 2013; and (iii) requires participating utilities, through the implementation of energy efficiency and demand-side management programs, by calendar year 2022 to reduce the consumption of electric energy by retail customers by an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of electric energy consumed by retail customers in 2006. The measure also provides that for compliance with any RPS Goal for calendar years 2015 through 2025, a utility may only apply renewable energy generated from renewable energy generation facilities owned by the utility, renewable energy purchased or acquired by the utility from a non-utility generator, renewable energy certificates purchased or acquired by the utility from customer-generators participating in net energy metering, or renewable energy certificates purchased or acquired by the utility from generators in the interconnection region of the regional transmission entity, except that a utility may not apply such renewable energy certificates to meet more than 20 percent of the sales requirement for the RPS Goal in any year. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/13/2015Committee
01/13/2015Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102890D
01/13/2015Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/20/2015Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy
01/21/2015Impact statement from SCC (HB1913)
02/03/2015Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/10/2015Left in Commerce and Labor

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 40 seconds.