Carbon trading program; allocation of allowances, new facility. (SB992)
Introduced By
Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Carbon trading program; allocation of allowances; new facility. Directs the State Air Pollution Control Board (the Board) to allocate allowances for three years to any electric power generating facility that was permitted prior to the June 26, 2019, effective date of the Board's carbon trading regulations. The bill requires an accounting comparison to actual emissions at the end of the three-year period and the allocation of further allowances pursuant to Board regulations thereafter. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/16/2020 | Presented and ordered printed 20105219D |
| 01/16/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 01/24/2020 | Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/24/2020 | Rereferred to Commerce and Labor |
| 01/28/2020 | Assigned C&L sub: Energy |
| 01/28/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB992) |
| 02/03/2020 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2020 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/06/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2020 | Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2020 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2020 | Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/13/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/13/2020 | Read first time |
| 02/13/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 02/14/2020 | Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake |
| 02/19/2020 | Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 02/19/2020 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 02/27/2020 | Stricken from docket by Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
This bill is a fossil fuel subsidy, and it was written to benefit two investment merchant gas plants proposed for Charles City County. There is significant opposition in Charles City to the construction of those plants, and residents there question why Democrats would be sponsoring legislation that would explicitly benefit new gas plant construction, built in a majority minority county, over the opposition of the community. This bill was written to make money for wealthy investors, not to protect the environment.