SB 1403 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities.

Summary
Electric utilities; request for proposals required for certain facilities. Requires an electric utility seeking approval to construct or purchase a generating facility that emits carbon dioxide to demonstrate that it has conducted a request for proposals designed to fairly evaluate all available supply-side and demand-side options prior to seeking approval for such generating facility. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to review the request for proposals before the utility's issuance to ensure all available resources will be fairly evaluated.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Jan 27, 2025
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Jan 14, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25104867D
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Scott Surovell
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