Virginia House Bill 2048 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-15 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the State Corporation Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the State Corporation Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. The measure requires that within three months after the enactment of this measure or within three months after beginning to offer a 100 percent renewable energy product to residential customers, whichever is later, licensed competitive suppliers that offer 100 percent renewable energy to residential customers in the service territory of Dominion Energy Virginia or Appalachian Power submit a proposal to the State Corporation Commission for consideration and approval to offer discounted service to low-income customers. The measure requires such proposal to include a 100 percent renewable product to be offered to a minimum number of low-income customers at a rate 10 percent lower than the incumbent electric utility’s standard residential rate for non-renewable supply service for a minimum initial term of 12 months.

Electric utility regulation; purchasing from competitive suppliers.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2021-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N) (Y: 67 N: 32 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-15	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (11-Y 4-N)
2021-02-10	Senate	Assigned C&L sub: Energy
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-05	House	VOTE: Passage (67-Y 32-N)
2021-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (67-Y 32-N)
2021-02-04	House	Read second time and engrossed
2021-02-03	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N)
2021-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
2021-01-14	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101268D

HB2048 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2048
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2048+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2048F171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1403C0061+HB2048
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H14C0102+HB2048
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1485+HB2048
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S02C0054+HB2048
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S02V0010+HB2048