Virginia Senate Bill 647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-08 - Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Renewable energy; efficient biomass. Excludes inefficient biomass from the definition of renewable energy. The measure provides that renewable energy includes any biomass energy capacity, efficient or otherwise, in operation prior to January 1, 2016, and that on and after that date renewable energy may include the proportion of the thermal or electric energy from a facility that results from the co-firing of efficient biomass on or after January 1, 2016. "Efficient biomass" is defined as thermal or electric energy or combined heat and power from biomass generating units with an overall efficiency of 50 percent or greater on an annual basis. The measure directs how a unit's overall efficiency shall be determined on the basis of outputs of electrical generation and useful thermal energy output, which is defined in the bill as (i) including direct heat and other valid thermal end-use energy requirements for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed and (ii) excluding thermal energy used for the purpose of drying or refining biomass fuel.

Renewable energy; efficient biomass.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2016-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-08	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2016-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16103410D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB647
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB647+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S02V0056+SB0647