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| Bill | Shared solar programs; evaluation for Phase I Utilities & electric cooperatives. | Shared solar programs for electric cooperatives;pilot. Creates a pilot program for participation by electric cooperativesto the shared solar programs that allow customers of investor-ownedutilities to purchase electric power through a subscription in a sharedsolar facility. The bill provides that, for each electric cooperative,the State Corporation Commission shall approve a shared solar facilityprogram and the Commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing,establish a maximum amount of shared solar permissible in each electriccooperative's territory. Such maximum amount shall not be lower thanthe lesser of 15 megawatts or one percent of the electric cooperative'sprevious year peak load, with a minimum requirement that 30 percentof each cooperative's shared solar program is reserved for low-incomecustomers. The bill permits electric cooperatives to recover interconnectioncosts through rate proceedings with the Commission, although fiber-opticupgrades are rebuttably presumed as not cost-justified for the purposesof rate recovery. The bill also includes instructions and a timelinefor submission of an interconnection request by an owner of a sharedsolar project to an electric cooperative. The bill directs the Commissionto review the pilot program every two years, beginning July 1, 2025. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 660 | Virginia SB 660 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 660 (2022) — Shared solar programs; evaluation for Phase I Utilities & electric cooperatives.
Shared solar programs for electric cooperatives;pilot. Creates a pilot program for participation by electric cooperativesto the shared solar programs that allow customers of investor-ownedutilities to purchase electric power through a subscription in a sharedsolar facility. The bill provides that, for each electric cooperative,the State Corporation Commission shall approve a shared solar facilityprogram and the Commission may, after notice and opportunity for hearing,establish a maximum amount of shared solar permissible in each electriccooperative's territory. Such maximum amount shall not be lower thanthe lesser of 15 megawatts or one percent of the electric cooperative'sprevious year peak load, with a minimum requirement that 30 percentof each cooperative's shared solar program is reserved for low-incomecustomers. The bill permits electric cooperatives to recover interconnectioncosts through rate proceedings with the Commission, although fiber-opticupgrades are rebuttably presumed as not cost-justified for the purposesof rate recovery. The bill also includes instructions and a timelinefor submission of an interconnection request by an owner of a sharedsolar project to an electric cooperative. The bill directs the Commissionto review the pilot program every two years, beginning July 1, 2025.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0591 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105670D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104653D (committee substitute) — source
- SB660ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 22104653D
introduction - 2022-01-19 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2022-01-21 Assigned C&L sub: Energy
referral-committee - 2022-01-25 Impact statement from SCC (SB660)
- 2022-02-07 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105670D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-07 Incorporates SB659 (Edwards)
- 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22105670D-S1
- 2022-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB660S1
- 2022-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (SB660S1)
- 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
referral-committee - 2022-03-03 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-03-03 Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-08 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-08 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2022-03-08 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2022-03-08 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-09 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled
- 2022-03-11 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-14 Impact statement from SCC (SB660ER)
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 591 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29e75433-2912-402d-80ca-20d3d59432f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).