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| Bill | Electric cooperatives; on-bill tariff programs, definitions. | Electric utilities; on-bill tariff programs.Authorizes electric utilities to establish on-bill tariff programsunder which the utility and a customer enter into an agreement thatprovides for the costs, including financing costs, of energy efficiencymeasures to be paid by or through the utility and repaid by the customerby means of an energy savings charge on the customer's monthly bill.Under the bill, energy efficiency measures can include heating andair conditioning systems, water heaters, weatherization, insulation,window and door modifications, appliances, and automatic or Internet-connectedcontrol systems. The bill provides terms for such on-bill tariff programs for investor-owned utilities and utility consumer services cooperatives. Additionally, the bill authorizes electric utilitiesto establish similar on-bill tariff programs for electrificationand renewable facilities, which include equipment, facilities, Internetconnectivity, electric vehicle charging, backup generators, and storagefacilities. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 754 | Virginia SB 754 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 754 (2020) — Electric cooperatives; on-bill tariff programs, definitions.
Electric utilities; on-bill tariff programs.Authorizes electric utilities to establish on-bill tariff programsunder which the utility and a customer enter into an agreement thatprovides for the costs, including financing costs, of energy efficiencymeasures to be paid by or through the utility and repaid by the customerby means of an energy savings charge on the customer's monthly bill.Under the bill, energy efficiency measures can include heating andair conditioning systems, water heaters, weatherization, insulation,window and door modifications, appliances, and automatic or Internet-connectedcontrol systems. The bill provides terms for such on-bill tariff programs for investor-owned utilities and utility consumer services cooperatives. Additionally, the bill authorizes electric utilitiesto establish similar on-bill tariff programs for electrificationand renewable facilities, which include equipment, facilities, Internetconnectivity, electric vehicle charging, backup generators, and storagefacilities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0807) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB754ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB754S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from SCC (SB754) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105175D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Impact statement from SCC (SB754)
- 2020-01-23 Assigned C&L sub: Energy
referral-committee - 2020-02-03 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-03 Committee substitute printed 20106724D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106724D-S1
- 2020-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB754S1
- 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-20 Impact statement from SCC (SB754S1)
- 2020-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 Enrolled
- 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from SCC (SB754ER)
- 2020-03-03 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
- 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 807 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/deed8acc-8554-4af3-809a-0855fc8da7b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).