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| Bill | Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, stakeholder process. | Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs;stakeholder process. Requires the stakeholder process to be usedby American Electric Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to provideinput and feedback on compliance with any required incremental annualenergy efficiency savings; recommended policy reforms by which theGeneral Assembly or State Corporation Commission can ensure maximumand cost-effective deployment of energy efficiency technology acrossthe Commonwealth; and best practices for evaluation, measurement,and verification for the purposes of assessing compliance with any required incremental annual energy efficiency savings. The measurealso requires each utility's stakeholder process to include the participationof the Director of the Commission's Division of Public Utility Regulationand the relevant deputies and staff members of the Division who participatein approval and oversight of utility energy efficiency programs. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 575 | Virginia HB 575 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 575 (2020) — Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, stakeholder process.
Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs;stakeholder process. Requires the stakeholder process to be usedby American Electric Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to provideinput and feedback on compliance with any required incremental annualenergy efficiency savings; recommended policy reforms by which theGeneral Assembly or State Corporation Commission can ensure maximumand cost-effective deployment of energy efficiency technology acrossthe Commonwealth; and best practices for evaluation, measurement,and verification for the purposes of assessing compliance with any required incremental annual energy efficiency savings. The measurealso requires each utility's stakeholder process to include the participationof the Director of the Commission's Division of Public Utility Regulationand the relevant deputies and staff members of the Division who participatein approval and oversight of utility energy efficiency programs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1208) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB575ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB575S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from SCC (HB575) (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB575ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101923D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-01-09 Impact statement from SCC (HB575)
- 2020-01-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-28 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-31 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2020-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108899D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-27 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20108899D-S1
- 2020-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB575S1
- 2020-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108899D-S1 (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 Impact statement from SCC (HB575S1)
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-05 Impact statement from SCC (HB575ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (95-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB575ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1208 (effective 7/1/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d84c4ce-2b33-4f55-89ae-f9476370bf00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).