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| Bill | Electric cooperatives; net energy metering, power purchase agreements, etc. | Electric cooperatives; net energy metering; power purchase agreements; local facilities usage charges. Permits any customer, besides a farm or small agricultural generating facility and any customer selling power to the electric cooperative, to interconnect with an electric cooperative and enter an agreement for local facilities usage charges. The bill provides that electric cooperatives can seek approval from the State Corporation Commission at any time for a tariff for local facilities usage charges for the use of cooperative system facilities; however, the terms of an independent agreement for local facilities usage charges shall prevail if inconsistent with the approved tariff amount. The bill permits the board of directors of an electric cooperative to approve any voluntary tariff and associated cost recovery without filing additional information with the Commission besides an informational notice. Under the bill, the Commission may administratively approve a change in rate, tariff, or term or condition of service without notice or a hearing.The bill removes the limit on raising the cap for electric cooperatives' generating capacity beyond seven percent of system peak for the purposes of net energy metering. The bill also allows electric cooperatives to permit the use of third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements for eligible customer-generators without separate approval by the Commission; however, the cooperative is required to file a revised net energy metering compliance filing.Additionally, the bill permits impacted cooperative customers to file a petition with the Commission for redress and review of the local facilities usage charges. This bill is identical to SB 505. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 266 | Virginia HB 266 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 266 (2022) — Electric cooperatives; net energy metering, power purchase agreements, etc.
Electric cooperatives; net energy metering; power purchase agreements; local facilities usage charges. Permits any customer, besides a farm or small agricultural generating facility and any customer selling power to the electric cooperative, to interconnect with an electric cooperative and enter an agreement for local facilities usage charges. The bill provides that electric cooperatives can seek approval from the State Corporation Commission at any time for a tariff for local facilities usage charges for the use of cooperative system facilities; however, the terms of an independent agreement for local facilities usage charges shall prevail if inconsistent with the approved tariff amount. The bill permits the board of directors of an electric cooperative to approve any voluntary tariff and associated cost recovery without filing additional information with the Commission besides an informational notice. Under the bill, the Commission may administratively approve a change in rate, tariff, or term or condition of service without notice or a hearing.The bill removes the limit on raising the cap for electric cooperatives' generating capacity beyond seven percent of system peak for the purposes of net energy metering. The bill also allows electric cooperatives to permit the use of third-party partial requirements power purchase agreements for eligible customer-generators without separate approval by the Commission; however, the cooperative is required to file a revised net energy metering compliance filing.Additionally, the bill permits impacted cooperative customers to file a petition with the Commission for redress and review of the local facilities usage charges. This bill is identical to SB 505.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0363 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105855D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB266ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101725D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101725D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
referral-committee - 2022-01-20 Impact statement from SCC (HB266)
- 2022-02-01 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-02-03 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-08 Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22105855D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22105855D-H1
- 2022-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB266H1
- 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-14 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-15 Impact statement from SCC (HB266H1)
- 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2022-02-21 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-28 Enrolled
- 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-02-28 Signed by President
- 2022-03-02 Impact statement from SCC (HB266ER)
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a0f944f-139e-4dda-ba1e-a49a0ba18330. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).