VA SB1769 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Electric utilities; net energy metering. Establishes requirements for net energy metering by electric cooperatives effective upon the earlier of July 1, 2019, or the effective date of implementing regulations by the State Corporation Commission. Instances where the new net energy metering program's requirements differ from those of the existing program include (i) the cap on the capacity of generating facilities, which will initially be two percent of system peak for residential customers, two percent of system peak for not-for-profit and nonjurisdictional customers, and one percent of system peak for other nonresidential customers; (ii) authorizing an electric cooperative to raise these caps up to a cumulative total of seven percent of its system peak; (iii) legalizing third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements for those retail customers and nonjurisdictional customers of an electric cooperative that are exempt from federal income taxation; and (iv) establishing registration requirements for third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements, including a self-certification system under which a provider is required to affirm certain information to Commission staff, under penalty of revocation of its registration. The measure authorizes the board of directors of an electric cooperative to adjust its rates, terms, conditions, and rate schedules governing net energy metering and prohibits a cooperative after the date of such an adjustment from collecting stand-by charges. The measure authorizes an electric cooperative to adopt a new rate schedule or rider containing demand charges based upon a net energy metering customer's noncoincident peak demand and provides for alternative caps on its net energy metering program. The measure authorizes a cooperative's fixed monthly charge covering the fixed costs of owning and operating its electric distribution system as an alternative to volumetric charges associated with demand and to rebalance among any of the fixed monthly charge, distribution demand, and distribution energy charges. The measure authorizes an investor-owned utility participating in the pilot program for community solar development to move the Commission to make its pilot program permanent. The measure also requires Dominion Power to (a) convene a stakeholder process, using an independent facilitator, to make recommendations to the utility concerning issues related to the implementation of advanced metering technology and related investments in customer information systems; (b) submit to the Commission for approval retail rate schedules designed to offer time-varying pricing; and (c) submit to the Commission for approval an incentive program for the installation of solar equipment for customers served under time-varying retail rate schedules that have advanced-metering technology equipment.
Title
Electric utilities; net energy metering.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-21 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0763) | |
| 2019-03-21 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 763 (effective 7/1/19) | |
| 2019-02-20 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | |
| 2019-02-20 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019 |
| 2019-02-19 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2019-02-18 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2019-02-18 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1769ER) |
| 2019-02-18 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2019-02-13 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-13 | House | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-13 | House | Read third time |
| 2019-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2019-02-12 | House | Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-06 | House | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2019-02-06 | House | Read first time |
| 2019-02-06 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2019-02-01 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1769S1 |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 19105760D-S1 |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2019-01-31 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2019-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-28 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 19105760D-S1 |
| 2019-01-28 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-18 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2019-01-18 | Senate | Presented and ordered printed 19104596D |
