Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers. (HB2048)

Introduced By

Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond) with support from 21 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Jay Jones (D-Norfolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Rip Sullivan (D-Arlington), Del. Rodney Willett (D-Henrico), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Ashburn), Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem)

Progress

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

Description

Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the State Corporation Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. The measure requires that within three months after the enactment of this measure or within three months after beginning to offer a 100 percent renewable energy product to residential customers, whichever is later, licensed competitive suppliers that offer 100 percent renewable energy to residential customers in the service territory of Dominion Energy Virginia or Appalachian Power submit a proposal to the State Corporation Commission for consideration and approval to offer discounted service to low-income customers. The measure requires such proposal to include a 100 percent renewable product to be offered to a minimum number of low-income customers at a rate 10 percent lower than the incumbent electric utility’s standard residential rate for non-renewable supply service for a minimum initial term of 12 months. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/12/2021Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101268D
01/12/2021Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/14/2021Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
01/20/2021Impact statement from SCC (HB2048)
02/01/2021Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
02/02/2021Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2021Read first time
02/04/2021Read second time and engrossed
02/05/2021Read third time and passed House (67-Y 32-N)
02/05/2021VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2021Constitutional reading dispensed
02/05/2021Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/05/2021Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2021Assigned C&L sub: Energy
02/15/2021Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)