Electric utilities; adjustment of rates.
Summary
Electric utilities; adjustment of rates.Provides that if the State Corporation Commission (the Commission)determines that the regulation of rates of investor-owned incumbentelectric utilities under certain procedures of the Virginia ElectricUtility Regulation Act results in rates that are not just and reasonable,then the Commission may, in any triennial review, adjust such ratesto ensure that such rates (i) are just and reasonable and (ii) providethe utility the opportunity to recover its costs and earn its authorizedrate of return.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Jan 25, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 25, 2022
How they voted
20–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 22
Jan 25, 2022
D
Democratic10
80% Yea
R
Republican12
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 25, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0-2)
house of delegates
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104145D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sally Hudson
DDemocratic
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