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2022 Priority Bills
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Cat | Number | Title | Patron | House | Senate | GA | Governor | updated |
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climate | HB 71 Support | Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates, Phase I Utility and Phase II Utility.
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Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility or any political committee established by such public utility from making any such contribution.
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Lee Ware (R-HD65) |
Left
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2/15/22 | ||
climate | HB 471 Support | State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc.
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Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready roof ....
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Suhas Subramanyam (D-HD87) |
Left
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2/15/22 | ||
climate | HB 588 Support | Electric utilities; adjustment of rates.
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Provides that if the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) determines that the regulation of rates of investor-owned incumbent electric utilities under certain procedures of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act results in rates that are not just and reasonable, then the Commission may, in any triennial review, adjust such rates ...
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Sally Hudson (D-HD57) |
Stricken
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1/26/22 | ||
climate | HB 664 Support | Public utilities; delay of termination of service, serious medical condition, report.
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Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish by regulation exemptions to termination of service by a public utility that provides electric, gas, water, and wastewater services for certain customers. ...
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Kaye Kory (D-HD38) |
Left
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2/15/22 | ||
climate | HB 1288 Support | Public utilities; rate review by the State Corporation Commission.
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In annual rate review of a public utility by the State Corporation Commission, the Commission may find the rates of a public utility, including an investor-owned incumbent electric utility, are not just and reasonable and may take corrective action.
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Sally Hudson (D-HD57) |
Continued
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2/2/22 | ||
climate | SB 45 Support | Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates.
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Prohibits candidates, campaign committees, and political committees from soliciting or accepting contributions from any public utility, as defined in the bill, and prohibits any public utility or any political committee established by such public utility from making any such contribution.
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Chap Petersen (D-SD34) |
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PBI
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2/2/22 | ||
climate | SB 290 Support | State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc.
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Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready roof ...
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Barbara A. Favola (D-SD31) |
Defeated
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Passed
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2/25/22 | ||
climate | SB 568 Support | Campaign finance; prohibited contributions to candidates; civil penalty.
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Prohibits any public utility from making any contribution to any committee or otherwise provide any money any other thing of value, given, advanced, loaned, or in any other way provided to any person or committee for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. ...
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Richard Stuart (R-SD28) |
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PBI
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2/1/22 | ||
climate | HB 5 Oppose | Flood Relief Fund; established.
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Establishes the Flood Relief Fund (the Fund), funded by reducing the allocation of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) funds to the Community Flood Preparedness Fund from 45 to 40 percent and allocating the five percent to the Fund. ...
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James Morefield (R-HD3) |
Tabled
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2/12/22 | ||
climate | HB 73 Oppose | Electric utilities; definitions, aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy facilities.
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Amends certain provisions related to the Air Pollution Control Board's regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. The bill removes certain requirements for energy efficiency pilot programs to be considered in the public interest. The bill removes aggregate capacity requirements for renewable energy generating facilities, including facilities utilizing energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, and offshore wind. ...
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Lee Ware (R-HD65) |
Passed
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PBI
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2/28/22 | ||
climate | HB 74 Oppose | Clean Economy Act; non-bypassable charges, energy-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industries
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Defines EITE industries as companies that are constrained in their ability to pass through carbon costs due to international competition, companies that engage in importation of products that cause emission leakage, and critical infrastructure facilities identified by certain federal agencies. ...
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Lee Ware (R-HD65) |
Passed
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PBI
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2/28/22 | ||
climate | HB 118 Oppose | Electric utilities; regulation, development of renewable energy facilities.
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Repeals provisions (i) requiring the State Air Pollution Control Board to adopt regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions... (ii) prohibiting the State Corporation Commission from approving any new utility-owned generation facilities that emit carbon dioxide... (iii) declaring that statutory allowances for energy derived from sunlight, onshore wind, offshore wind, and storage facilities are in the public interest; ...
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Nicholas Freitas (R-HD30) |
Passed
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PBI
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2/28/22 | ||
climate | HB 202 Oppose | Solar facilities; permit by rule.
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Lowers from 150 to 20 megawatts the maximum generation capacity of an electrical generation facility that generates electricity only from sunlight to qualify for issuance of a permit by rule.
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Michael Webert (R-HD18) |
Left
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2/15/22 | ||
climate | HB 206 Oppose | Small renewable energy projects; impact on natural resources.
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Requires, as a condition for a permit by rule for a small energy project, that the applicant conduct an analysis of the beneficial and adverse impacts of the proposed project on natural resources ...
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Michael Webert (R-HD18) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective - see bill)
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4/12/22 | |
climate | HB 558 Oppose | Natural gas, biogas, and other gas sources of energy; definitions, energy conservation.
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Permits natural gas utilities to include in their fuel portfolios, ... supplemental or substitute forms of gas sources, defined in the bill, that meet certain standards and that reduce emissions intensity....
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Israel O'Quinn (R-HD5) |
Passed
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Passed
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Sub Adopted
02/28/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 30-N)
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Signed
04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759)
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1/6/23 |
climate | HB 656 Oppose | Coal refuse energy and reclamation tax credit.
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Creates a nonrefundable individual and corporate income tax credit for taxable years 2023 through 2027 equal to $4 per ton of qualified coal refuse used to generate electricity at an eligible facility, defined in the bill, in the Commonwealth by an eligible taxpayer, defined in the bill, during the taxable year. ...
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William Wampler (R-HD4) |
Left
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2/15/22 | ||
climate | HB 657 Oppose | Public utilities; waste coal and certain coal-fired electric generating units.
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Provides that renewable energy and renewable energy standard eligible sources include energy derived from waste coal, which the bill defines as usable material that is a byproduct of previous coal processing operations. Additionally, the bill provides an exception to the requirement that all electric generating units located in the Commonwealth that emit carbon as a by-product of combusting fuel to generate electricity are closed by December 31, 2045, ...
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William Wampler (R-HD4) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759)
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1/6/23 | |
climate | HB 839 Oppose | Electric utilities; recovery of costs; rate adjustment clause proceedings; construction/facilities.
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Provides that in any proceeding regarding petitions for a rate adjustment clause, the State Corporation Commission may, as an alternative to a rate adjustment clause, authorize recovery of any proposed cost through the utility's rates for generation and distribution services ...
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Tony Wilt (R-HD26) |
Continued
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1/26/22 | ||
climate | HB 892 Oppose | Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI); preexisting contracts.
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Establishes a reserve account for the purchase of Regional Green House Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowances by an entity that has a preexisting contractual arrangement related to a power purchase...
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) |
Passed
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PBI
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3/2/22 | ||
climate | HB 894 Oppose | Generation of electricity and energy development in the Commonwealth.
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Prohibits an electric generating unit located in the coalfield region of the Commonwealth capable of generating electricity from waste coal that began commercial operations after January 1, 2010, from being required to retire before such unit reaches the end of its useful life...
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 488 (effective 7/1/22)
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4/12/22 | |
climate | HB 1204 Oppose | Renewable energy certificates; certain requirements prohibited.
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Prohibits American Electric Power or Dominion Energy Virginia from being required (i) to procure and retire renewable energy certificates...
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/07/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/22)
04/07/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0169)
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4/12/22 | |
climate | HB 1257 Oppose | Natural gas utilities; retail supply choice.
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...The bill bars public entities from adopting an ordinance, resolution, or other requirement that limits or prohibits customers from acquiring natural gas service and supply from both utility and non-utility gas companies...
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
08/04/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)
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1/6/23 | |
climate | HB 1301 Oppose | Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; repeals Act.
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) |
Passed
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PBI
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2/23/22 | ||
climate | HB 1326 Oppose | Electric utilities; removal of waste coal from previously mined sites.
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Terry Kilgore (R-HD1) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/07/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 177 (effective 7/1/22)
04/07/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)
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4/12/22 | |
climate | SB 120 Oppose | Public utilities; waste coal and certain coal-fired electric generating units.
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Provides that renewable energy and renewable energy standard eligible sources include energy derived from waste coal, which the bill defines as usable material that is a byproduct of previous coal processing operations. Additionally, the bill provides an exception to the requirement that all electric generating units located in the Commonwealth that emit carbon as a by-product of combusting fuel to generate electricity are closed by December 31, 2045,...
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Travis Hackworth (R-SD38) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)
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1/6/23 | |
climate | SB 532 Oppose | Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act.
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Repeals the Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act and directs the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to take all steps necessary to suspend the Commonwealth's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative market-based trading program.
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Richard Stuart (R-SD28) |
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PBI
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2/8/22 | ||
climate | SB 565 Oppose | Natural gas, biogas, and other gas sources of energy; definitions, energy conservation.
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Permits natural gas utilities to include in their fuel portfolios, ... supplemental or substitute forms of gas sources, defined in the bill, that meet certain standards and that reduce emissions intensity. ...
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Scott Surovell (D-HD36) |
Passed
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Passed
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Signed
04/27/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728)
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1/6/23 | |
climate | SB 695 Oppose | Low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards; repeals certain authority.
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Repeals the State Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards for vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.
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Richard Stuart (R-SD28) |
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Stricken
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2/8/22 |