Bill Text: VA HB2469 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Commerce and Labor [HB2469 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-HB2469-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2469 Offered January 9, 2019 Prefiled January 9, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact § 8 of the second enactment of Chapter 296 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018, relating to electric utility regulation; pilot program for undergrounding electrical transmission lines. ---------- Patron-- Roem ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8 of the second enactment of Chapter 296 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§8. The provisions of this enactment shall not be construed to limit the ability of the State Corporation Commission to approve additional applications for placement of transmission lines underground. Approval by the State Corporation Commission of a proposed transmission line for inclusion in this program shall (i) preclude 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) not preclude the placement of electrical distribution lines in the same area or corridor.