VA HB2329 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-31 - Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Distributed renewable energy. Promotes the establishment of distributed renewable solar and other renewable energy. The measure (i) removes the one percent cap on the total amount of renewable energy that can be net metered in a utility's service territory, (ii) authorizes third-party power purchase agreements for all customer classes throughout the Commonwealth, (iii) allows local governments and certain other public bodies to install solar or wind facilities of up to five megawatts on government-owned property and use the electricity for government-owned buildings, (iv) allows all net metering customers to attribute output from a single solar array to multiple meters, (v) allows the owner of a multi-family residential building or the common areas of a condominium to install a renewable energy generation facility and sell the electricity to tenants or condominium unit owners, (vi) removes the restriction on customers installing a net-metered generation facility larger than that required to meet their previous 12 months' demand, (vii) raises the cap for net-metered nonresidential generation facilities from one megawatt to two megawatts, and (viii) removes the ability of utilities to assess standby charges. The measure also amends the Commonwealth Energy Policy to include provisions supporting distributed generation of renewable energy.

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Title

Distributed renewable energy; promotes establishment of solar and other renewable energy.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-01-31 - House - House: Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-01-31HouseFailed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (7-Y 8-N)
2019-01-08HouseReferred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-08HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103955D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1522109.4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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