Virginia House Bill 397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Regulation of electric utilities; development of renewable energy facilities; powers of State Air Pollution Control Board; powers of State Corporation Commission. Repeals provisions (i) requiring the State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from any electricity generating unit in the Commonwealth and authorizing the Board to establish an auction program for energy allowances; (ii) prohibiting the State Corporation Commission from approving any new utility-owned generation facilities that emit carbon dioxide as a by-product of energy generation, in certain circumstances; (iii) declaring that statutory allowances for energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, and storage facilities are in the public interest; and (iv) relating to the development of solar and wind generation and energy storage capacity, development of offshore wind capacity, and generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources. The bill provides that planning and development activities for new nuclear generation facilities are in the public interest.

Electric utilities; development of renewable energy facilities, etc.

Del. Tim Griffin [R]

2024-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 1-N) (Y: 3 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2024-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 1-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4
2024-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104191D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1307	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1308	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1322.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1402.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1402.04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	1701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB397
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB397+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1404V0005+HB0397