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Bill Percentage of Income Payment Program and Fund; DHCD & DSS to adopt rules, etc., for adoption. Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department), in consultation with, as it deems necessary, the Department of Housing and Community Development, to adopt rules or establish guidelines for the adoption, implementation, and general administration of the Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP) and the Percentage of Income Payment Fund (Fund). The bill requires the PIPP to commence no later than March 1, 2022.The bill establishes the Fund for the purposes of implementing and administering the PIPP and related programs. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to cooperate with the requests of the Department and the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) in the implementation and administration of the PIPP. The Commission is required to promulgate any rules necessary to ensure that funds collected from each utility's universal service fee are directed to the Fund. The bill requires the Commission to initiate proceedings to provide for an annual true-up of the universal service fee within 60 days of the commencement of the PIPP and on an annual or semiannual basis thereafter. The bill provides that the PIPP may utilize existing energy efficiency or related programs approved by the Commission. The bill authorizes the Department to determine what deficiencies exist in existing and available federal, state, local, or nonprofit programs to meet energy reduction obligations and to (i) make recommendations to the Commission or the utilities regarding such deficiency analysis and (ii) develop programs to address such deficiencies. The bill authorizes the Department to develop and implement non-utility energy efficiency programs and other programs for the reduction of energy use for eligible participants in the PIPP, provided that the Department engage in a stakeholder process and undertake a cost-benefit analysis in the development of any such programs. The bill requires that the Commission to make adjustments to the universal service fee as necessary to provide adequate funding for such programs. Additionally, the bill requires the Commission to initiate any proceedings to establish new energy efficiency or low-income programs proposed by a utility as necessary to provide service to PIPP participants over a timeframe to be determined by the Commission. The bill requires the Commission to issue an order providing for the non-bypassable universal service fee as soon as practicable following the bill's effective date. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2330 Virginia HB 2330 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2330 (2021) — Percentage of Income Payment Program and Fund; DHCD & DSS to adopt rules, etc., for adoption.

Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program. Requires the Department of Social Services (the Department), in consultation with, as it deems necessary, the Department of Housing and Community Development, to adopt rules or establish guidelines for the adoption, implementation, and general administration of the Percentage of Income Payment Program (PIPP) and the Percentage of Income Payment Fund (Fund). The bill requires the PIPP to commence no later than March 1, 2022.The bill establishes the Fund for the purposes of implementing and administering the PIPP and related programs. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to cooperate with the requests of the Department and the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) in the implementation and administration of the PIPP. The Commission is required to promulgate any rules necessary to ensure that funds collected from each utility's universal service fee are directed to the Fund. The bill requires the Commission to initiate proceedings to provide for an annual true-up of the universal service fee within 60 days of the commencement of the PIPP and on an annual or semiannual basis thereafter. The bill provides that the PIPP may utilize existing energy efficiency or related programs approved by the Commission. The bill authorizes the Department to determine what deficiencies exist in existing and available federal, state, local, or nonprofit programs to meet energy reduction obligations and to (i) make recommendations to the Commission or the utilities regarding such deficiency analysis and (ii) develop programs to address such deficiencies. The bill authorizes the Department to develop and implement non-utility energy efficiency programs and other programs for the reduction of energy use for eligible participants in the PIPP, provided that the Department engage in a stakeholder process and undertake a cost-benefit analysis in the development of any such programs. The bill requires that the Commission to make adjustments to the universal service fee as necessary to provide adequate funding for such programs. Additionally, the bill requires the Commission to initiate any proceedings to establish new energy efficiency or low-income programs proposed by a utility as necessary to provide service to PIPP participants over a timeframe to be determined by the Commission. The bill requires the Commission to issue an order providing for the non-bypassable universal service fee as soon as practicable following the bill's effective date.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0308 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103641D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference substitute printed 21200668D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB2330EH1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB2330ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. HB2330S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 5346 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 2019 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 096 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (8-Y 0-N 1-A) — 80 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Agreed To (51-Y 47-N) — 5047 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) — 2019 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 3-N 2-A) — 113 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Kaye Kory — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 21102442D introduction
  • 2021-01-22 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103641D-H1 substitution
  • 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2021-02-03 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB2330H1)
  • 2021-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-04 Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute agreed to 21103641D-H1
  • 2021-02-04 Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
  • 2021-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB2330EH1
  • 2021-02-04 Printed as engrossed 21103641D-EH1
  • 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2330EH1)
  • 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
  • 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-02-05 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
  • 2021-02-16 Reported from Commerce and Labor (8-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (11-Y 3-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-18 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-19 Floor substitute printed 21200482D-S1 (Mason)
  • 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-19 Committee amendment rejected
  • 2021-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-19 Substitute by Senator Mason agreed to 21200482D-S1
  • 2021-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2330S1
  • 2021-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) passage
  • 2021-02-19 Passed by temporarily
  • 2021-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House 21200482D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
  • 2021-02-19 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2021-02-19 House acceded to request
  • 2021-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2021-02-19 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2330S1)
  • 2021-02-27 Amended by conference committee
  • 2021-02-27 Conference substitute printed 21200668D-H2
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N)
  • 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (51-Y 47-N)
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
  • 2021-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2330H2)
  • 2021-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB2330ER)
  • 2021-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 308 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b86e3db-4c87-4cd5-8a04-da148a9eed00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).