Virginia Senate Bill 646 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-02-05 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electric utilities; fuel factor; gas pipeline capacity. Directs the State Corporation Commission to disallow an electric utility's request to recover fuel costs resulting from the purchase by the public utility or its affiliate or subsidiary of a greater amount of firm pipeline capacity for natural gas than the Commission finds is appropriate to ensure a reliable supply of natural gas. The measure also directs the Commission to conduct a proceeding to establish the proper amount of natural gas pipeline capacity that an electric utility needs to purchase under firm contract.

Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery, contracts for natural gas pipeline capacity.

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

Sen. John Petersen [D]

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2018-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 1-N) (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-05	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 1-N)
2018-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102458D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB646
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB646+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S02V0077+SB0646