Virginia Senate Bill 779 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-02 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Electric utility regulation; net energy metering. Electric utility regulation; net energy metering. Authorizes any eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator to enter into a contract to sell any net metering eligible energy exceeding the eligible customer-generator's or eligible agricultural customer-generator's own energy demand for any monthly period to any other retail customer within the same service territory of the incumbent utility. The measure increases the maximum size of the aggregate generating facility that qualifies for (i) the agricultural net energy metering program from 500 kilowatts to two megawatts, (ii) the net metering program for residential eligible customer-generators from 20 kilowatts to 50 kilowatts, and (iii) the net metering program for nonresidential eligible customer-generators from one megawatt to two megawatts. The measure replaces the existing provision that allows an eligible agricultural customer-generator to be served by multiple meters that are located at separate but contiguous sites with a provision that allows such a customer-generator to be served by multiple meters that are located on one parcel or on multiple adjacent parcels. The measure repeals the provision that caps the size of a generation facility of an eligible customer-generator at his expected annual energy consumption. The measure also (a) replaces the existing provision that provides that an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator will be paid for excess electricity at the rate that is provided for such purchases in a net metering standard contract or tariff approved by the State Corporation Commission with a requirement that they will be paid at a rate equal to the customer-generator's approved customer rate schedule plus all applicable riders and (b) repeals the provision that limits the net energy metering programs to one percent of each electric distribution company's adjusted

Electric utility regulation; net energy metering.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2016-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2017 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-02	Senate	Left in Commerce and Labor
2016-02-15	Senate	Continued to 2017 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	Senate	Incorporates SB148
2016-02-15	Senate	Committee substitute printed to Web only 16105574D-S1
2016-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-02-02	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16104820D
2016-02-02	Senate	Unanimous consent to introduce

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB779
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB779+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB779S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02C0075+SB0779