Captured coal mine methane; pilot program, renewable energy portfolio standard.

Pilot program for captured coal mine methane;renewable energy portfolio standard. Directs the State CorporationCommission to establish a pilot program for American Electric Power(Phase I Utility) and Dominion Energy (Phase II Utility) to submitproposals to deploy electricity generation from captured coal minemethane. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred underthe captured coal mine methane project shall be recovered throughutility base rates. Additionally, the bill provides that electricitygenerated using captured coal mine methane with a non-combustionelectric generator under the captured coal mine methane project shallbe considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewableenergy portfolio standard program.