Virginia Senate Bill 1083 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Shared solar programs; Phase I Utility; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of a Phase I Utility to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, defined in the bill as a facility that, among other criteria, generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device with a nameplate capacity that does not exceed 5,000 kilowatts. The bill provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the Commission is required to establish, provides considerations for the Commission in establishing such minimum bill, such as minimizing the costs shifted to nonparticipating customers, and provides that the calculation of a customer's minimum bill each month shall be based on kilowatt hours billed by the utility rather than the subscriber's portion of shared solar utility generation. The bill provides that the Commission shall approve a shared solar program of 150 megawatts with a minimum requirement of 30 percent low-income customers and that an additional 50 megawatts shall be approved by the Commission upon determining that at least 45 megawatts of the aggregated shared solar capacity in the Commonwealth are subscribed to by low-income customers. The bill requires that any rule or utility implementation filings approved by the Commission shall allow all jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customer classes to participate in the program, create a stakeholder work group to facilitate low-income customer and low-income service organization participation in the program, and encourage public-private partnerships to further the Commonwealth's clean energy and equity goals among other requirements. Shared solar programs; Phase I Utility; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation a shared solar program that allows customers of a Phase I Utility to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, defined in the bill as a facility that, among other criteria, generates electricity by means of a solar photovoltaic device with a nameplate capacity that does not exceed 5,000 kilowatts. The bill provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the Commission is required to establish, provides considerations for the Commission in establishing such minimum bill, such as minimizing the costs shifted to nonparticipating customers, and provides that the calculation of a customer's minimum bill each month shall be based on kilowatt hours billed by the utility rather than the subscriber's portion of shared solar utility generation. The bill provides that the Commission shall approve a shared solar program of 150 megawatts with a minimum requirement of 30 percent low-income customers and that an additional 50 megawatts shall be approved by the Commission upon determining that at least 45 megawatts of the aggregated shared solar capacity in the Commonwealth are subscribed to by low-income customers. The bill requires that any rule or utility implementation filings approved by the Commission shall allow all jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customer classes to participate in the program, create a stakeholder work group to facilitate low-income customer and low-income service organization participation in the program, and encourage public-private partnerships to further the Commonwealth's clean energy and equity goals among other requirements.

Shared solar programs; SCC to establish by regulation

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) (Y: 35 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned sub: Special Subcommittee #5
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1083S1
2023-02-07	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105797D-S1
2023-02-07	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105797D-S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 3-N)
2023-01-24	Senate	Assigned C&L sub: Energy
2023-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104218D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1083
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1083+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1083S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105797D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1083F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1083FS1171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0081+SB1083
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0375SB1083+SB1083
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0379SB1083+SB1083
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0380SB1083+SB1083
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2305V0009+SB1083