Virginia House Bill 1604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates. Provides, that in any proceeding to establish base rates for Appalachian Electric Power or Dominion Energy Virginia conducted by the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), if the Commission determines in its sole discretion that the utility's existing base rates will, on a going-forward basis, either produce (i) revenues in excess of the utility's authorized rate of return or (ii) revenues below the utility's authorized rate of return, then the Commission is required to order any reductions or increases, as applicable and necessary, to such base rates that it deems appropriate to ensure the resulting base rates (a) are just and reasonable and (b) provide the utility an opportunity to recover its costs of providing services over the rate period and earn a fair rate of return.

Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates, proceeding to review base rates.

Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]
Del. Holly Seibold [D]

2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)
2023-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1604ER)
2023-02-24	House	Enrolled
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-20	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-17	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1604H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23105852D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-02	House	Committee substitute printed 23105852D-H1
2023-02-02	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102203D

SB1321 (Same As) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
SB1321 (Same As) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1604
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1604+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1604H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1604ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0497+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105852D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1604F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1604FH1171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1604FER171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0071+HB1604
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1503+HB1604
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0098+HB1604
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0505HB1604+HB1604
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0679HB1604+HB1604