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| Bill | Electric generation facilities; SCC shall determine retirement of facilities. | State Corporation Commission; retirement of coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. Requires the State Corporation Commission to determine the amortization period for recovery of any appropriate costs due to the early retirement of any coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities owned or operated by any Phase I or Phase II Utility. The bill requires the Commission, in making such determination, to (i) perform an independent analysis of the remaining undepreciated capital costs; (ii) establish a recovery period that best serves ratepayers; and (iii) allow for the recovery of any carrying costs that the Commission, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 528 | Virginia HB 528 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 528 (2020) — Electric generation facilities; SCC shall determine retirement of facilities.
State Corporation Commission; retirement of coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. Requires the State Corporation Commission to determine the amortization period for recovery of any appropriate costs due to the early retirement of any coal-fired or natural gas-fired electric generation facilities owned or operated by any Phase I or Phase II Utility. The bill requires the Commission, in making such determination, to (i) perform an independent analysis of the remaining undepreciated capital costs; (ii) establish a recovery period that best serves ratepayers; and (iii) allow for the recovery of any carrying costs that the Commission, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB528ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB528H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from SCC (HB528) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed by for the day (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
- Committee amendment rejected (16-Y 23-N) — 16–23 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N) — 49–43 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103628D
introduction - 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-01-11 Impact statement from SCC (HB528)
- 2020-01-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2020-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20106462D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20106462D-H1
- 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB528H1
- 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2020-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-27 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-28 Passed by for the day
- 2020-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-02 Passed by for the day
- 2020-03-03 Passed by for the day
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from SCC (HB528H1)
- 2020-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-03-04 Committee amendment rejected (16-Y 23-N)
- 2020-03-04 Amendments by Senator Norment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal - 2020-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-03-04 Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to
amendment-passage - 2020-03-04 Passed by for the day motion rejected
- 2020-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (27-Y 13-N)
passage - 2020-03-04 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-04 Passed by for the day (24-Y 16-N)
- 2020-03-05 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-03-05 Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to
amendment-passage - 2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with amendments (35-Y 5-N)
passage - 2020-03-05 Senate amendments agreed to by House (50-Y 43-N)
- 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled
- 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-12 Signed by President
- 2020-03-13 Impact statement from SCC (HB528ER)
- 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ab76ebf-7bb4-4404-aa50-d40f918d4b72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).