SB1759
Underground electric distribution lines; placing in areas of transit-oriented development.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Undergrounding utility lines pilot program; transportation infrastructure improvement; urban county executive form of government.
Establishes a pilot program under which the governing body of any locality operating under the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) may request an electric utility to place underground electric utility distribution lines in transportation projects to serve and facilitate the creation of transit-oriented development in such locality ... (More) in conjunction with a transportation infrastructure improvement project that the Commonwealth Transportation Board identifies that reduces congestion, improves mobility, incorporates transit systems and improves safety. The measure provides that the locality and the utility shall enter into an agreement that provides that (i) the locality shall pay to the utility its full additional costs of relocating and converting that portion of the line located in the locality underground rather than overhead that are not recoverable under applicable rates, net of relocation credits, which costs shall include associated feasibility costs, or any smaller portion of such costs as the utility and the locality may agree; (ii) the locality shall impose an additional levy on electric utility customers in the locality in an amount sufficient to cover the utility's additional costs, which levy shall not exceed $1 per month on residential customers and shall be collected by the utility on behalf of the locality; (iii) the utility shall convert, operate, and maintain the agreed portion of the line underground; and (iv) other terms and conditions on which the parties may agree shall be included in the agreement. The measure provides that upon presentation of the agreement to the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the Commissioner of Highways shall be responsible for securing the necessary easements and permits for the pilot program. The measure provides that the pilot program terminates on July 1, 2022. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/18/2019 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19100654D
- 01/18/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/31/2019 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
- 01/31/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106254D-S1
- 01/31/2019 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/2019 - Senate: Reported from Finance (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/04/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 19106453D-S2 (Surovell)
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 19106254D-S1
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 19106453D-S2
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1759S2
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2019 - Senate: Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
- 02/08/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/2019 - House: Read first time
- 02/08/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/14/2019 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/14/2019 - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/2019 - House: Read second time
- 02/19/2019 - House: Floor substitute printed 19107326D-H1 (Kilgore)
- 02/19/2019 - House: Read third time
- 02/19/2019 - House: Committee amendments from Commerce and Labor rejected
- 02/19/2019 - House: Substitute by Delegate Kilgore agreed to 19107326D-H1
- 02/19/2019 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1759H1
- 02/19/2019 - House: Passed House with substitute (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/2019 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/20/2019 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (29-Y 10-N)
- 02/20/2019 - Senate: Title replaced 19107326D-H1
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1759ER)
- 02/23/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/2019 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- 03/04/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1759ER)
- 03/22/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 792 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/22/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)
