Community solar development pilot program; low-income communities. (HB573)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna) with support from co-patron Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Community solar development pilot program; low-income communities. Requires each incumbent electric utility to select for dedication to its community solar development pilot program one or more eligible generating facilities that are located within a low-income community as a condition for the utility's selection for dedication to its program any eligible generating facility that is located outside a low-income community. The bill requires the costs of the selected facilities in low-income communities to equal or exceed the costs of the eligible generating facility that is located outside a low-income community. These requirements apply to facilities selected on or after July 1, 2020. The bill defines a low-income community as a census tract that is designated in 2019 or thereafter as a qualified census tract for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Such census tracts are required to have 50 percent of households with incomes below 60 percent of the area median gross income or have a poverty rate of 25 percent or more. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/06/2020 | Committee |
01/06/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100585D |
01/06/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/11/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (HB573) |
01/15/2020 | Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/15/2020 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
01/16/2020 | Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3 |
01/30/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) |
02/04/2020 | Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2020 | Read first time |
02/06/2020 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/07/2020 | Read third time and passed House (90-Y 8-N) |
02/07/2020 | VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/10/2020 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/24/2020 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2020 | Read third time |
02/27/2020 | Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2020 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2020 | Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2020 | Enrolled |
03/04/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER) |
03/05/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (HB573ER) |
03/05/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
03/05/2020 | Signed by President |
03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
04/06/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 663 (effective 7/1/20) |
04/06/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663) |