Electric utilities; incentive programs for low-income customers.
Summary
Electric utilities; incentive programs for low-income customers. Authorizes Dominion Energy Virginia and American Electric Power to recover, through a rate adjustment clause, the costs of designing, implementing, and operating programs to provide incentives to low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals who participate in an energy conservation program, or to organizations providing residential services to such individuals, for the installation of, or access to, solar energy generating equipment. The measure also clarifies that these utilities shall submit a petition for approval to design, implement, and operate a separate three-year incentive program, in an amount not to exceed $25 million in the aggregate, to enable the installation of, or access to, solar energy equipment, that is in addition to the existing $25 million in incentives the utilities are required to provide over three years to low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals for energy conservation measures.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Signed Apr 7, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 801 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105595D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Israel O'Quinn
RRepublican
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