republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2291.md

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Bill	Electric utilities; costs of modifications to nuclear generation facilities.	Authorizes an investor-owned electric utility to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of a rate adjustment clause for recovery of the costs of a system or equipment upgrade, system or equipment replacement, or other cost reasonably appropriate to extend the combined operating license for, or the operating life of, nuclear generation facilities. The measure limits the scope of the requirement that a utility demonstrate that it has considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in its selection process to certain new generation facilities. The measure provides that a utility's costs incurred in extending the combined operating license for, or the operating life of, a nuclear generation facility, which costs are prudently incurred prior to the Commission's entry of a final order on the petition, shall be deferred on the books and records of the utility until the later of the entry of a final order in the proceeding or until the implementation of any applicable approved rate adjustment clauses. The measure prohibits a utility, prior to January 1, 2020, from recovering through a rate adjustment clause certain costs related to extensions of the combined operating license for or the operating life of a nuclear generation facility. An enactment clause provides that costs recovered through the utility's rates for generation and distribution services as of January 1, 2017, that are associated with a utility's existing nuclear generation facilities are not recoverable through a specified rate adjustment clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2291	Virginia HB 2291 (2017)	bill	Public Service Companies State Corporation Commission	enacted	Terry G. Kilgore	4	23	6	2017-01-11	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/52a6b8c5-a623-4d73-a807-50c5fa0a05a5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2291	af4695133dc06453ea96f5fe37f3eb916bf02655a2bdb2fcd1fa8b69f89a81a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2291 (2017) — Electric utilities; costs of modifications to nuclear generation facilities.

Authorizes an investor-owned electric utility to petition the State Corporation Commission for approval of a rate adjustment clause for recovery of the costs of a system or equipment upgrade, system or equipment replacement, or other cost reasonably appropriate to extend the combined operating license for, or the operating life of, nuclear generation facilities. The measure limits the scope of the requirement that a utility demonstrate that it has considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in its selection process to certain new generation facilities. The measure provides that a utility's costs incurred in extending the combined operating license for, or the operating life of, a nuclear generation facility, which costs are prudently incurred prior to the Commission's entry of a final order on the petition, shall be deferred on the books and records of the utility until the later of the entry of a final order in the proceeding or until the implementation of any applicable approved rate adjustment clauses. The measure prohibits a utility, prior to January 1, 2020, from recovering through a rate adjustment clause certain costs related to extensions of the combined operating license for or the operating life of a nuclear generation facility. An enactment clause provides that costs recovered through the utility's rates for generation and distribution services as of January 1, 2017, that are associated with a utility's existing nuclear generation facilities are not recoverable through a specified rate adjustment clause.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2291ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103327D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17103327D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 37–3 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 92–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 93–3 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
• Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 17103327D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB2291E
• 2017-01-24 Printed as engrossed 17103327D-E
• 2017-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 3-N 2-A) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-16 Amendment by Senator Wagner agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-20 Senate amendment agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N 2-A)
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52a6b8c5-a623-4d73-a807-50c5fa0a05a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).