Virginia Senate Bill 1648 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-28 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electric utilities; limitations on fossil fuel Electric utilities; limitations on fossil fuel facilities. Prohibits the State Corporation Commission (SCC) from issuing on or after July 1, 2019, a certificate of public convenience and necessity or granting any other permit or approval required for the construction or operation by an electric utility of a new fossil fuel facility or for the expansion or continued operation of an existing fossil fuel facility before first approving the construction and placing in service of renewable energy generation facilities having in the aggregate a rated capacity of 5,500 megawatts. The measure also prohibits the SCC on or after July 1, 2019, from authorizing or permitting an electric utility or re-permitting an existing idle fossil fuel facility to increase purchases of electric power under any agreement with another person, if the electric power is or will be generated at a fossil fuel facility, before first approving the construction and placing in service of such renewable energy generation facilities.

Electric utilities; limitations on fossil fuel facilities.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-28	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
2019-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104541D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1648
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1648+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0059+SB1648