VA SB1473 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Electric utilities; undergrounding distribution lines. Declares that the replacement of any subset of an investor-owned electric utility's existing overhead distribution tap lines that have, in the aggregate, an average of nine or more total unplanned outage events-per-mile over a preceding 10-year period with new underground facilities in order to improve electric service reliability is in the public interest. The measure also provides that there shall be a rebuttable presumption that (i) the conversion of such facilities will provide local and system-wide benefits, (ii) the new underground facilities are cost beneficial, and (iii) the costs associated with the new underground facilities are reasonably and prudently incurred. An enactment clause provides that the measure shall apply to any applications pending with the Commission regarding new underground facilities on or after January 1, 2017. Another enactment clause directs an investor-owned incumbent electric utility to provide written notice to any cable operator of a cable television system that has attached its facilities to its poles that will be replaced in a project to underground existing overhead distribution tap lines not less than 90 days prior to relocating the utility's overhead distribution lines. The clause also establishes a procedure for negotiating a common shared underground easement.
Title
Electric utilities; recovery of costs of undergrounding distribution lines.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-02-17 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 4-N 2-A) (Y: 92 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-16 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583) | |
| 2017-03-16 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective 1/1/17) | |
| 2017-02-23 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017 | |
| 2017-02-23 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17 |
| 2017-02-22 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2017-02-22 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2017-02-22 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1473ER) |
| 2017-02-22 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2017-02-17 | House | VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 4-N 2-A) |
| 2017-02-17 | House | Passed House (92-Y 4-N 2-A) |
| 2017-02-17 | House | Read third time |
| 2017-02-16 | House | Read second time |
| 2017-02-14 | House | Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Read first time |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Printed as engrossed 17103391D-E |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1473E |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Reading of amendments waived |
| 2017-02-02 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2017-02-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-30 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-17 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2017-01-17 | Senate | Presented and ordered printed 17103391D |
