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| Bill | Electric utilities; definitions, energy efficiency programs. | Provides that any determination by the State Corporation Commission that an energy efficiency program is not in the public interest shall include with its final order the work product and analysis conducted by the staff of the Commission in making that determination. The measure requires that if the Commission reduces the proposed budget for a program or portfolio of programs, its final order shall include an analysis of the impact such budget reduction has upon the cost-effectiveness of such program or portfolio of programs. An order by the Commission (i) finding that a program or portfolio of programs is not in the public interest or (ii) reducing the proposed budget for any program or portfolio of programs shall adhere to existing protocols for extraordinarily sensitive information. The measure provides that any utility petitioning the Commission for approval of one or more rate adjustment clauses for energy efficiency programs shall include a proposed budget for the design, implementation, and operation of the energy efficiency programs. The bill requires that any rate adjustment clause approved for an energy efficiency program remain in effect until the utility exhausts the approved budget for the energy efficiency program. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2292 | Virginia HB 2292 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 2292 (2019) — Electric utilities; definitions, energy efficiency programs.
Provides that any determination by the State Corporation Commission that an energy efficiency program is not in the public interest shall include with its final order the work product and analysis conducted by the staff of the Commission in making that determination. The measure requires that if the Commission reduces the proposed budget for a program or portfolio of programs, its final order shall include an analysis of the impact such budget reduction has upon the cost-effectiveness of such program or portfolio of programs. An order by the Commission (i) finding that a program or portfolio of programs is not in the public interest or (ii) reducing the proposed budget for any program or portfolio of programs shall adhere to existing protocols for extraordinarily sensitive information. The measure provides that any utility petitioning the Commission for approval of one or more rate adjustment clauses for energy efficiency programs shall include a proposed budget for the design, implementation, and operation of the energy efficiency programs. The bill requires that any rate adjustment clause approved for an energy efficiency program remain in effect until the utility exhausts the approved budget for the energy efficiency program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741) (committee substitute) — source
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2292ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Committee substitute printed 19105519D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102467D (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106660D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106660D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102467D
introduction - 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2019-01-15 Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2019-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2019-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19105519D-H1
- 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2292H1
- 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2019-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
- 2019-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 19106660D-S1
- 2019-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2292S1
- 2019-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2019-02-18 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106660D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 2019-02-21 Enrolled
- 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-02-21 Signed by President
- 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 741 (effective 7/1/19)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96580f14-603b-4a16-9892-b98097526928. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).