Virginia Senate Bill 1321 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates. Provides, that in any proceeding to establish base rates for Appalachian Electric Power or Dominion Energy Virginia conducted by the State Corporation Commission (the Commission), if the Commission determines in its sole discretion that the utility's existing base rates will, on a going-forward basis, either produce (i) revenues in excess of the utility's authorized rate of return or (ii) revenues below the utility's authorized rate of return, then the Commission is required to order any reductions or increases, as applicable and necessary, to such base rates that it deems appropriate to ensure the resulting base rates (a) are just and reasonable and (b) provide the utility an opportunity to recover its costs of providing services over the rate period and earn a fair rate of return.

Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates, proceeding to review base rates.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [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 (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
2023-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1321ER)
2023-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	House	Read third time
2023-02-20	House	Read second time
2023-02-16	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-02	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23105834D-ES1
2023-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1321ES1
2023-02-02	Senate	Amendment by Senator McClellan agreed to
2023-02-02	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105834D-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 23105834D-S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-16	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 23101676D

HB1604 (Same As) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)
HB1604 (Same As) 2023-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1321
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1321+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1321S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1321ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1321ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0498+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105834D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1321AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1321F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1321FES1171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1321FER171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0059+SB1321
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0193SB1321+SB1321
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0209SB1321+SB1321
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0210SB1321+SB1321
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0154+SB1321
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2080+SB1321