Virginia House Bill 1451 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on March 12 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-12 - Failed to pass in House
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Electric utilities; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard. Replaces the existing voluntary renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program with a mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard program that requires each electric utility to generate or purchase increasing percentages of electric power that is generated from renewable energy sources. The required percentages start at 14 percent of the total electric energy sold in 2021. Thereafter the required percentages increase in steps until 2050 and thereafter, in which years 100 percent of the total electric energy sold is required to be renewable energy. The measure also requires that the sources of renewable energy be derived from one of several tiers, with required percentages varying over time. A utility that fails to comply with an RPS standard established for a year is required to pay a deficiency payment. The moneys paid as deficiency payments will be distributed by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to programs for low-income, disability, veteran, and age-qualifying energy efficiency programs and renewable energy programs, energy efficiency measures for public facilities, and administrative costs. The measure also requires the State Corporation Commission to implement an energy storage deployment target of 2,400 megawatts by 2035.

Electric utility regulation; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]

2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 97-N) (Y: 0 N: 97 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-12	House	Failed to pass in House
2020-03-12	House	No further action taken
2020-03-04	House	Delegates: Sullivan, Lopez, O'Quinn
2020-03-04	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-03	Senate	Senators: Stuart, Mason, Petersen
2020-03-03	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-02	House	House acceded to request
2020-02-28	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-28	Senate	Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
2020-02-26	House	Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
2020-02-26	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (22-Y 18-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-21	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-21	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
2020-02-10	House	Printed as engrossed 20107907D-EH1
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1451EH1
2020-02-10	House	Amendments by Delegate Sullivan agreed to
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107907D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-06	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 20107907D-H1
2020-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-15	House	Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104976D

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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1403V0046+HB1451
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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1425+HB1451
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1222HB1451+HB1451