Virginia Senate Bill 1266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 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]

Public utilities; shared solar; minimum bill. Provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the State Corporation 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 shall be based on the kilowatt hours billed by the utility rather than the subscriber's portion of shared solar facility generation. The bill increases the shared solar facility program capacity from 150 megawatts to 700 megawatts with an additional 300 megawatts of capacity to be approved by the Commission upon determining that at least 210 megawatts of the aggregated shared solar capacity in the Commonwealth are subscribed to by low-income customers. Under current law, the Commission is required to approve a program of 150 megawatts with an additional 50 megawatts. The bill requires the Commission's regulations for the shared solar program to allow all jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customer classes to participate in the program. The bill also directs the Commission to implement through regulation the provisions of the bill within 180 days of enactment and require each utility to file any tariffs, agreements, or forms to implement the provisions of the bill within 60 days of the effective date of such regulations. Public utilities; shared solar; minimum bill. Provides that a customer's net bill for participation in the shared solar program shall not exceed the minimum bill that the State Corporation 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 shall be based on the kilowatt hours billed by the utility rather than the subscriber's portion of shared solar facility generation. The bill increases the shared solar facility program capacity from 150 megawatts to 700 megawatts with an additional 300 megawatts of capacity to be approved by the Commission upon determining that at least 210 megawatts of the aggregated shared solar capacity in the Commonwealth are subscribed to by low-income customers. Under current law, the Commission is required to approve a program of 150 megawatts with an additional 50 megawatts. The bill requires the Commission's regulations for the shared solar program to allow all jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customer classes to participate in the program. The bill also directs the Commission to implement through regulation the provisions of the bill within 180 days of enactment and require each utility to file any tariffs, agreements, or forms to implement the provisions of the bill within 60 days of the effective date of such regulations.

Public utilities; minimum bill a subscriber to a shared solar program is required to pay.

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]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) (Y: 24 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 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
2023-02-03	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1266S1
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105798D-S1
2023-02-02	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-02	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105798D-S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
2023-01-24	Senate	Assigned C&L sub: Energy
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100403D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1266
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1266+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1266S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105798D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1266F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1266FS1171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0079+SB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0193SB1266+SB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0231SB1266+SB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2305V0010+SB1266