Virginia Senate Bill 346 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Net energy metering; solar interconnection; cost recovery. Provides that an electric distribution company shall pay $1 per kilowatt per day for the costs of lost electricity production for any and all delays beyond the regulatory notice period required by State Corporation Commission related to net energy metering. The bill requires that, for the purposes of net energy metering, an eligible customer-generator shall bear all reasonable costs of equipment required at the eligible customer-generator's side of the meter for the interconnection to the supplier's electric distribution system, including reasonable and prudent costs of additional controls, tests, or liability insurance. Additionally, the bill allows for cost recovery by Phase I and Phase II Utilities for electric distribution grid transformation projects that support the interconnection of generating facilities using energy derived from sunlight that are owned or contracted by eligible customer-generators, subject to the Commission finding those costs to be reasonable and prudent in accordance with existing law.

Net energy metering; solar interconnection, cost recovery.

Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2024-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-09	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
2024-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2024-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104922D

SB346 (Carry Over) 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+SB346
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+SB346+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+oth+SB346F171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+vot+S02C0069+SB0346