Virginia House Bill 576 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-01 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency goals. Requires investor-owned electric utilities, cooperative electric utilities, and investor-owned natural gas distribution utilities to meet incremental annual energy efficiency goals. Electric utilities are required to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures to achieve the goal of two percent savings by 2031 and thereafter, with interim goals that start at 0.25 percent for 2017-2018 and increase in biennial increments of 0.25 percent until 2031. Gas utilities are required to achieve the goal of one percent savings by 2031 and thereafter, with interim goals that start at 0.125 percent for 2017-2018 and increase in biennial increments of 0.125 percent until 2031. The utilities are required to submit energy efficiency plans with the State Corporation Commission (SCC). The SCC (i) shall order changes to a plan submitted by a utility that does not demonstrate that the utility will achieve incremental annual energy efficiency goals; (ii) shall require utilities to commence compliance efforts with the incremental annual energy efficiency goals during calendar year 2017, though it may adjust the goal for 2017 if appropriate to address a partial year of implementation; (iii) may design performance incentives that reward utilities for exceeding efficiency goals; (iv) shall require utilities to report annually to the SCC on their efforts and progress in meeting the incremental annual energy efficiency goals; and (v) shall submit reports regarding compliance with the requirements of the

Electric and natural gas utilities; energy efficiency goals established, report.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-01	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2016-02-11	House	Continued to 2017 in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2016-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017 by voice vote
2016-01-19	House	Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103886D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB576
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB576+hil