SB1342
Electric utilities; energy efficiency upgrades, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Phase I and Phase II Utilities; energy efficiency upgrades; low-income residents; report.
States that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to reduce, wherever feasible and cost-effective, heating-related costs of living for low-income residents. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to make best, reasonable efforts to provide by December 31, 2030, prescriptive efficiency measures, as defined in the bill, ... (More) and related efficiency improvements to at least 30 percent of the qualifying households, as defined in the bill, identified by such utilities, provided that the State Corporation Commission determines that such upgrades are in the public interest. The bill requires such utilities to report to the Commission its activities, plans, and filings regarding the bill's provisions no later than January 1, 2027, annually thereafter, and in any recurring filing that the Commission deems appropriate. This bill is identical to HB 2744. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104503D
- 01/13/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Rereferred from Rules to Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105946D-S1
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/06/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/12/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/13/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1342)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/18/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - House: Passed House (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1342ER)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1342)
- 03/05/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
- 03/05/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's Veto Received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
