Virginia House Bill 645 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-01-19 - House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Renewable energy. Expands the definition of renewable energy to include landfill gas. The measure also provides that the RPS Goals under the renewable energy portfolio standard program may be composed of renewable thermal energy equivalents. A renewable thermal energy equivalent is the thermal energy output from a renewable-fueled combined heat and power generation facility that is (i) constructed, or renovated and improved, after January 1, 2012, (ii) located in the Commonwealth, and (iii) utilized in industrial processes other than the combined heat and power generation facility, where thermal energy is expressed as an equivalent number of megawatt hours.

Renewable energy; expands definition.

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-19		House: Stricken from docket by Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2012-01-17		House: Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103348D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB645
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB645+hil