Virginia House Bill 2469 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electric utility regulation; pilot program for Electric utility regulation; pilot program for undergrounding electrical transmission lines. Provides that the State Corporation Commission's approval of a proposed transmission line for inclusion in a pilot program established as part of the "Grid Transformation and Security Act" enacted in 2018 (i) precludes the placement of future overhead electrical transmission lines of at least 69 kilovolts in the same area or corridor by other transmission projects and (ii) does not preclude the placement of electrical distribution lines in the same area or corridor. The pilot program provides for the underground construction of two electrical transmission lines, including one for the Haymarket transmission line project in Prince William County.

Electric utility regulation; pilot program for undergrounding electrical transmission lines.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]

Del. Mark Keam [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2019-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 7-N) (Y: 3 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2019-01-24	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 7-N)
2019-01-15	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104386D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2469
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2469+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1403V0023+HB2469