Virginia House Bill 2547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Electric utilities; net energy metering. Establishes requirements for net energy metering by electric cooperatives effective upon the earlier of July 1, 2019, or the effective date of implementing regulations by the State Corporation Commission. Instances where the new net energy metering program's requirements differ from those of the existing program include (i) the cap on the capacity of generating facilities, which will initially be two percent of system peak for residential customers, two percent of system peak for not-for-profit and nonjurisdictional customers, and one percent of system peak for other nonresidential customers; (ii) authorizing an electric cooperative to raise these caps up to a cumulative total of seven percent of its system peak; (iii) legalizing third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements for those retail customers and nonjurisdictional customers of an electric cooperative that are exempt from federal income taxation; and (iv) establishing registration requirements for third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements, including a self-certification system under which a provider is required to affirm certain information to Commission staff, under penalty of revocation of its registration. The measure authorizes the board of directors of an electric cooperative to adjust its rates, terms, conditions, and rate schedules governing net energy metering and prohibits a cooperative after the date of such an adjustment from collecting stand-by charges. The measure authorizes an electric cooperative to adopt a new rate schedule or rider containing demand charges based upon a net energy metering customer's noncoincident peak demand and provides for alternative caps on its net energy metering program. The measure authorizes a cooperative's fixed monthly charge covering the fixed costs of owning and operating its electric distribution system as an alternative to volumetric charges associated with demand and to rebalance among any of the fixed monthly charge, distribution demand, and distribution energy charges. The measure authorizes an investor-owned utility participating in the pilot program for community solar development to move the Commission to make its pilot program permanent. The measure also requires Dominion Power to (a) convene a stakeholder process, using an independent facilitator, to make recommendations to the utility concerning issues related to the implementation of advanced metering technology and related investments in customer information systems; (b) submit to the Commission for approval retail rate schedules designed to offer time-varying pricing; and (c) submit to the Commission for approval an incentive program for the installation of solar equipment for customers served under time-varying retail rate schedules that have advanced-metering technology equipment.

Electric utilities; net energy metering.

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2019-02-18 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 742 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-28	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
2019-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2547ER)
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled
2019-02-18	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
2019-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 4-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2019-02-14	Senate	Amendment by Senator Sturtevant agreed to
2019-02-14	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2019-02-14	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-02-14	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2019-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 2-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Printed as engrossed 19105726D-EH1
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2547EH1
2019-02-04	House	Amendment by Delegate Hugo agreed to
2019-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105726D-H1
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 19105726D-H1
2019-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103847D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2547
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2547+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2547H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2547EH1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2547ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0742+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0063+HB2547
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2391+HB2547
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0141+HB2547
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0547HB2547+HB2547
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0658HB2547+HB2547
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2916+HB2547