HB1647
Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Electric utility regulation; third-party sales agreements; public generating facilities; net energy metering; community solar.
The measure, for customers of investor-owned territories and in the certificated service territories of investor-owned utilities, (i) authorizes localities to install solar-powered or wind-powered electric generation facilities and credit the electricity they generate to its metered accounts at the same rate that it would be charged for the power by ... (More) the utility, (ii) authorizes third-party power purchase agreements for all customer classes throughout the Commonwealth, (iii) allows the tenant of a multifamily residential building or the owner of a condominium unit to buy electric power from renewable energy facilities installed by the owner of the rental units or common areas of the condominium, (iv) establishes a shared solar program that allows customers to purchase electric power through a subscription in a shared solar facility, (v) raises the cap for net-metered nonresidential generation facilities from one megawatt to three megawatts, (vi) increases the limit on the size of a renewable facility an eligible customer-generator may install to 150 percent of expected annual energy consumption, (vii) removes the ability of utilities to assess standby charges on residential net energy metering customers, and (viii) increases the cap on the total amount of renewable energy that can be net metered in a utility's service territory from one percent to 10 percent. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/16/2020 - House: Presented and ordered printed 20104629D
- 01/16/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/21/2020 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/22/2020 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1647)
- 02/04/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/06/2020 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/06/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20107899D-H1
- 02/06/2020 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/09/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/10/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107899D-H1
- 02/10/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1647H1
- 02/11/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/11/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2020 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1647H1)
- 02/12/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/24/2020 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20109065D-S1
- 02/26/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20109065D-S1
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1647S1
- 02/27/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/02/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/2020 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1647S1)
- 03/02/2020 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109065D-S1 (55-Y 43-N 1-A)
- 03/02/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N 1-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2020 - House: Enrolled
- 03/05/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1647ER)
- 03/05/2020 - House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1647ER)
- 03/06/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/2020 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/11/2020 - House: Governor's substitute printed 20110083D-H2
- 04/22/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/2020 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 39-N)
- 04/22/2020 - House: VOTE: (52-Y 39-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/22/2020 - Senate: Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/22/2020 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (25-Y 15-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/22/2020 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/2020 - House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/2020 - House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1647ER2)
- 04/22/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/2020 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/2020 - House: Enacted, Chapter 1239 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1239)
