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Bill State Corporation Commission; transportation electrification, utility recovery of certain costs. State Corporation Commission; transportation electrification; utility recovery of certain costs; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to report on policy proposals to accelerate transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to submit, no later than May 1, 2022, a report to the General Assembly recommending policy proposals that could govern public electric utility programs to accelerate widespread transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to utilize a public process, facilitated by a third party with expertise in transportation electrification, in which the Commission, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Department of Transportation, and appropriate stakeholders participate. The bill requires that the Commission, in developing its policy recommendations, evaluate (i) areas where utility or other public investment may best complement private efforts to effectively deploy charging infrastructure, with particular focus on low-income, minority, and rural communities; (ii) how smart growth policies can complement and enhance the Commonwealth's transportation electrification goals; (iii) how utility programs, investments, or incentives to customers or third parties to facilitate the deployment of charging infrastructure and related upgrades can support or enhance (a) statewide transportation electrification, including electrification of public transit; (b) the electrification of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, school buses, vehicles at ports and airports, personal vehicles, and vehicle fleets; (c) increased access to electric transportation and improved air quality in low-income and medium-income communities; (d) achievement of existing energy storage targets; (e) improvements to the distribution grid or to specific sites necessary to accommodate charging infrastructure; and (f) customer education and outreach programs that increase awareness of such programs and the benefits of transportation electrification. The bill requires that the report also address whether and how transportation electrification can, under current law, (a) reduce total ratepayer rates and costs; (b) assist in grid management and more efficient use of the grid, in a manner that does not increase peak demand, through time-of-use rates, managed charging programs, vehicle-to-grid programs, or other alternative rate designs; (c) utilize increased generation from renewable energy resources; and (d) reduce fueling costs for vehicles. The bill requires that, to the extent that the Commission and stakeholders conclude that transportation electrification cannot currently deliver these benefits, the report include public policy recommendations. Additionally, the bill requires, beginning July 1, 2021, that any approved costs of any investor-owned electric utility associated with investment in transportation electrification be recovered only through the utility's rates for generation and distribution, prohibits recovery of such costs through a rate adjustment clause, and provides that such costs are not eligible for a customer credit reinvestment offset. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2282 Virginia HB 2282 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2282 (2021) — State Corporation Commission; transportation electrification, utility recovery of certain costs.

State Corporation Commission; transportation electrification; utility recovery of certain costs; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission (Commission) to report on policy proposals to accelerate transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to submit, no later than May 1, 2022, a report to the General Assembly recommending policy proposals that could govern public electric utility programs to accelerate widespread transportation electrification in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to utilize a public process, facilitated by a third party with expertise in transportation electrification, in which the Commission, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Department of Transportation, and appropriate stakeholders participate. The bill requires that the Commission, in developing its policy recommendations, evaluate (i) areas where utility or other public investment may best complement private efforts to effectively deploy charging infrastructure, with particular focus on low-income, minority, and rural communities; (ii) how smart growth policies can complement and enhance the Commonwealth's transportation electrification goals; (iii) how utility programs, investments, or incentives to customers or third parties to facilitate the deployment of charging infrastructure and related upgrades can support or enhance (a) statewide transportation electrification, including electrification of public transit; (b) the electrification of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, school buses, vehicles at ports and airports, personal vehicles, and vehicle fleets; (c) increased access to electric transportation and improved air quality in low-income and medium-income communities; (d) achievement of existing energy storage targets; (e) improvements to the distribution grid or to specific sites necessary to accommodate charging infrastructure; and (f) customer education and outreach programs that increase awareness of such programs and the benefits of transportation electrification. The bill requires that the report also address whether and how transportation electrification can, under current law, (a) reduce total ratepayer rates and costs; (b) assist in grid management and more efficient use of the grid, in a manner that does not increase peak demand, through time-of-use rates, managed charging programs, vehicle-to-grid programs, or other alternative rate designs; (c) utilize increased generation from renewable energy resources; and (d) reduce fueling costs for vehicles. The bill requires that, to the extent that the Commission and stakeholders conclude that transportation electrification cannot currently deliver these benefits, the report include public policy recommendations. Additionally, the bill requires, beginning July 1, 2021, that any approved costs of any investor-owned electric utility associated with investment in transportation electrification be recovered only through the utility's rates for generation and distribution, prohibits recovery of such costs through a rate adjustment clause, and provides that such costs are not eligible for a customer credit reinvestment offset.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0268 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2282ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Presented and ordered printed 21102349D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — 82 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce (18-Y 4-N) — 184 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N) — 7523 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 381 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 21102349D introduction
  • 2021-01-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2021-01-21 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2021-01-22 Impact statement from SCC (HB2282)
  • 2021-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-29 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-29 VOTE: Passage (76-Y 23-N)
  • 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-01 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-10 Assigned C&L sub: Energy referral-committee
  • 2021-02-15 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-23 Impact statement from SCC (HB2282ER)
  • 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
  • 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 268 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec6c48f1-9e54-4f90-8641-357ae130e6cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).