Virginia House Bill 848 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-5)
Status: Passed on March 7 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Electric utility regulation; recovery of costs of new underground distribution facilities. Authorizes investor-owned electric utilities to recover the costs of new underground distribution facilities through a rate adjustment clause. Eligible facilities will replace existing overhead distribution facilities of 69 kilovolts or less. Petitions seeking approval for recovery of such costs shall not be brought more frequently than annually. A utility shall not seek any annual incremental increase in the level of investments in such facilities that exceeds five percent of the utility's distribution rate base. In determining whether to approve a rate adjustment clause for such facilities, the State Corporation Commission is directed to liberally construe the provisions of Title 56 and to give due consideration to the public policy goals of increased electric service reliability and reduced outage times associated with the replacement of existing overhead distribution facilities with new underground facilities. None of the costs of such new facilities shall be allocated to customers in the large power service rate class for a Phase I utility or general service rate classes for a Phase II utility.

Electric utility regulation; recovery of costs of new underground distribution facilities.

Del. David Albo [R]	Del. Robert Brink [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]	Del. Algie Howell [D]
Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. George Loupassi [R]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Thomas Rust [R]
Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Del. David Toscano [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Matthew James [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Rob Krupicka [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2014-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-23 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 1-N 1-A) (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-01-16 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)
2014-03-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2014-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB848ER)
2014-02-24	House	Enrolled
2014-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2014-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-17	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 0-N)
2014-01-24	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-01-23	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 1-N 1-A)
2014-01-23	House	Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 1-A)
2014-01-22	House	Passed by for the day
2014-01-21	House	Printed as engrossed 14102014D-E
2014-01-21	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB848E
2014-01-21	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2014-01-21	House	Read second time
2014-01-20	House	Read first time
2014-01-16	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
2014-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2014-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102014D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB848
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB848+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB848E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB848ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0212+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H14V0023+HB0848
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0158+HB0848
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S02V0069+HB0848
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0464HB0848+HB0848
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0473HB0848+HB0848