Virginia Senate Bill 1197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-30 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Small renewable energy projects; State Corporation Commission jurisdiction. Restores the requirement for State Corporation Commission (SCC) review of the construction and operation of certain small renewable energy projects. In 2009, the General Assembly removed the requirement that the owner or operator of a small renewable energy project, defined as (i) an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity only from sunlight, wind, falling water, wave motion, tides, or geothermal power or (ii) an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 20 megawatts that generates electricity only from biomass or certain waste, obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity approval for the project from the SCC. This measure restores the requirement for those small renewable energy projects that either will disturb an area of 100 acres or more or are located within five miles of a boundary between the political subdivision in which such project is located and another locality.

Small renewable energy projects; State Corporation Commission to review construction, etc.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2017-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-30	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-18	Senate	Assigned C&L sub: Renewable Energy
2017-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101447D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1197.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1197
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1197+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02V0056+SB1197