VA HB1430 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 17 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-20 - Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges; energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; report. Defines EITE industries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, companies that engage in importation of products that cause emission leakage, and critical infrastructure facilities identified by certain federal agencies. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to establish an EITE customer exemption pilot program for non-bypassable charges in certain provisions of the Virginia Clean Economy Act related to generation of electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources and development of offshore wind capacity. The pilot program, to be designated as the EITE Pilot Program, shall commence no later than January 1, 2024, and shall have an initial aggregate customer load not to exceed 2,000 megawatts based on each participating customer's load during the previous calendar year. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to report to the Governor and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on the status of the EITE Pilot Program by March 31, 2025. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029. Virginia Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges; energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; report. Defines EITE industries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, companies that engage in importation of products that cause emission leakage, and critical infrastructure facilities identified by certain federal agencies. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to establish an EITE customer exemption pilot program for non-bypassable charges in certain provisions of the Virginia Clean Economy Act related to generation of electricity from renewable and zero-carbon sources and development of offshore wind capacity. The pilot program, to be designated as the EITE Pilot Program, shall commence no later than January 1, 2024, and shall have an initial aggregate customer load not to exceed 2,000 megawatts based on each participating customer's load during the previous calendar year. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to report to the Governor and to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on the status of the EITE Pilot Program by March 31, 2025. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

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Title

Energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries; pilot program for eligible customer exemptions.

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Roll Calls

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-02-20SenateStricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19SenateReferred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-19SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-18HouseVOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
2023-01-18HouseRead third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N)
2023-01-17HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute HB1430H1
2023-01-17HouseCommittee substitute agreed to 23104346D-H1
2023-01-17HouseRead second time
2023-01-16HouseRead first time
2023-01-12HouseCommittee substitute printed 23104346D-H1
2023-01-12HouseReported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2022-12-16HouseReferred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-12-16HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101195D

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