Virginia House Bill 976

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-08 - Continued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electric utilities; State Corporation Commission; energy policy of the Commonwealth. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the Commonwealth implements the energy policy of the Commonwealth, as defined by relevant law, at the lowest reasonable cost, taking into account all cost-effective demand-side management options and the security and reliability benefits of the regional transmission entity that each incumbent electric utility has joined. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that plans, petitions, or proposals from utilities that do not ensure such implementation at the lowest reasonable cost are not in the public interest.

Electric utilities; SCC to ensure energy policy at lowest reasonable cost.

Del. Phil Hernandez [D]

Del. Irene Shin [D]

Del. Lee Ware [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-08	House	Continued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2024-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-18	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103181D

SB137 (Similar To) 2024-01-29 - Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB976
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB976+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB976F171+PDF