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type: "Bill"
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title: "Renewable energy certificates; priority of procurement."
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description: "Renewable energy certificates; certainrequirements prohibited; minor new source air permit; authority toissue. Prohibits American Electric Power or Dominion Energy Virginiafrom being required (i) to procure and retire renewable energy certificates to comply with a renewable energy portfolio standard program (RPSProgram) prior to January 1, 2025 and (ii) to procure and retirerenewable energy certificates to comply with an RPS Program at anytime from an eligible generating source with a capacity of one megawattor lower. Removes the authority ofthe State Air Pollution Control Board to issue, deny, renew, amend,or extend a minor new source review air permit. The bill providesthat the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Qualityhas such authority to issue, deny, renew, amend, or extend a minornew source review air permit. The bill provides that any other rulesor regulations governing such permitting process shall continue toapply."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 1204"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1204 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-18"
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last_action: "2022-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac69b688-729f-472c-9b9d-60c6eb01e659"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1204"
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source_hash: "e801965d783294b720687ecc8899086996fcb95b9be3830c413606ff77147977"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1204 (2022) — Renewable energy certificates; priority of procurement.
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Renewable energy certificates; certainrequirements prohibited; minor new source air permit; authority toissue. Prohibits American Electric Power or Dominion Energy Virginiafrom being required (i) to procure and retire renewable energy certificates to comply with a renewable energy portfolio standard program (RPSProgram) prior to January 1, 2025 and (ii) to procure and retirerenewable energy certificates to comply with an RPS Program at anytime from an eligible generating source with a capacity of one megawattor lower. Removes the authority ofthe State Air Pollution Control Board to issue, deny, renew, amend,or extend a minor new source review air permit. The bill providesthat the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Qualityhas such authority to issue, deny, renew, amend, or extend a minornew source review air permit. The bill provides that any other rulesor regulations governing such permitting process shall continue toapply.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0169)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22106460D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1204H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 22107181D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1204S1)
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4. **HB1204EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1204EH1)
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5. **HB1204ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1204ER)
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6. **Presented and ordered printed 22104350D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1204)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 6-N) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 22104350D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1204)
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- **2022-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-10** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22106460D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106460D-H1
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- **2022-02-14** Amendments by Delegate Kilgore agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1204EH1
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- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22106460D-EH1
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- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1204EH1)
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- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-18** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute printed 22107181D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1204S1)
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- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 22107181D-S1
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- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1204S1
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107181D-S1 (90-Y 6-N)
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- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 6-N)
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1204ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 169 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac69b688-729f-472c-9b9d-60c6eb01e659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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