Virginia House Bill 167 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery. Requires an electric utility, as a condition of approval of any request by an electric utility for recovery through its fuel factor of costs incurred under a natural gas capacity contract not previously subject to review in a fuel factor case, to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the utility has (i) determined that the utility cannot meet its service obligations, giving due regard, in the Commission's sole discretion, to reliability of service and the need to maintain reliable sources of supply, without an additional fuel resource; (ii) reasonably identified and determined the date and amount of the new fuel resource it needs; (iii) objectively studied available alternative fuel resource options, as verified by the Commission, including options other than a new natural gas capacity contract or contracts to meet the identified and determined need; and (iv) determined that the natural gas capacity contract or contracts are the lowest-cost available option, taking into consideration fixed and variable costs and a reasonable projection of utilization.

Electric utilities; fuel cost recovery.

Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]
Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Tony Wilt [R]

2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0661)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 661 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB167ER)
2020-03-04	House	Enrolled
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-05	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
2020-02-05	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB167H1
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106500D-H1
2020-02-04	House	Read second time
2020-02-03	House	Read first time
2020-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 20106500D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2019-12-24	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2019-12-24	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2019-12-24	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102451D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB167
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB167+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB167H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB167ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0661+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1403V0008+HB0167
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0139+HB0167
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0441+HB0167
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0409+HB0167
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0203+HB0167
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0167+HB0167
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1156HB0167+HB0167