Shared solar programs; electric utility regulation, etc. (SB629)
Introduced By
Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon) with support from co-patrons Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), and Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)
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
Shared solar programs. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of Dominion Virginia to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, which is defined in the bill as a facility that, among other criteria, generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device with a nameplate capacity rating that does not exceed 5,000 kilowatts. Under the program, a subscriber receives a bill credit for the proportional output of a share solar facility attributable to that subscriber. Subscribers are required to pay a minimum bill, established by the Commission, that includes the costs of infrastructure and related services. The bill provides that the Commission shall approve a shared solar program of 150 megawatts with a minimum requirement of 30 percent of low-income customers and that the Commission will approve an additional 50 megawatts upon determining that at least 45 megawatts of the shared solar capacity have been subscribed to by low-income customers. This bill is identical to HB 1634. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101887D |
01/07/2020 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/15/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (SB629) |
01/23/2020 | Assigned C&L sub: Energy |
02/03/2020 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20107477D-S1 |
02/05/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2020 | Passed by for the day |
02/07/2020 | Read second time |
02/07/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/07/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20107477D-S1 |
02/07/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB629S1 |
02/07/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2020 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (SB629S1) |
02/13/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
02/13/2020 | Read first time |
02/13/2020 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
02/27/2020 | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20109355D-H1 |
03/02/2020 | Read second time |
03/03/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (SB629H1) |
03/03/2020 | Read third time |
03/03/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20109355D-H1 |
03/03/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB629H1 |
03/03/2020 | Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
03/03/2020 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/04/2020 | House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2020 | House insisted on substitute |
03/05/2020 | House requested conference committee |
03/05/2020 | Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2020 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
03/05/2020 | Senators: Surovell, Spruill, Obenshain |
03/05/2020 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/05/2020 | Delegates: Levine, Lopez, Head |
03/07/2020 | C Amended by conference committee |
03/07/2020 | Conference substitute printed 20109815D-S2 |
03/07/2020 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2020 | Passed by temporarily |
03/08/2020 | Conference report agreed to by House (75-Y 16-N 1-A) |
03/08/2020 | VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 16-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
03/11/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (SB629S2) |
03/18/2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB629ER) |
03/18/2020 | Enrolled |
03/18/2020 | Signed by President |
03/19/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
03/20/2020 | Impact statement from SCC (SB629ER) |
03/20/2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020 |
03/20/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
04/11/2020 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
04/22/2020 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
04/22/2020 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 35-N) |
04/22/2020 | VOTE: (57-Y 35-N) |
04/22/2020 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
04/22/2020 | Reenrolled |
04/22/2020 | Reenrolled bill text (SB629ER2) |
04/22/2020 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
04/22/2020 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
04/22/2020 | Enacted, Chapter 1264 (effective 7/1/20) |
04/22/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1264) |
05/01/2020 | VOTE: (57-Y 35-N) |
Comments
Could do more to advance equitable community solar benefiting low-income households