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HB 1062STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and agricultural customer-generators.

Net energy metering; eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators. Provides that no contract, lease, or arrangement by which a third party owns, maintains, or operates an electrical generating facility on an eligible customer-generator's property shall constitute the sale of electricity or cause the customer-generator or the third party to be considered an electric utility by virtue of participating in net energy metering. The bill prohibits an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator from being required to provide proof of liability insurance or to purchase additional liability insurance as a condition of interconnection. The bill exempts eligible customer-generators and eligible agricultural customer-generators that operate a battery storage device of capacity commensurate with and equal to or greater than that of the electrical generating facility and in conjunction with the electrical generating facility from standby charges. The bill provides that any eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator may participate in demand response, energy efficiency, or peak reduction from dispatch of onsite battery service, provided that the compensation received is in exchange for a distinct service that is not already compensated by net metering credits for electricity exported to the electric distribution system or compensated by any other utility program or tariff.

Voted: 4/22/2024

How representatives voted

237 yea·124 nay·3 other

Action history

  • 4/22/2024Impact statement from SCC (HB1062ER)
  • 4/17/2024Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827)
  • 4/17/2024Enacted, Chapter 827 (effective 7/1/24)
  • 4/17/2024Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 4/17/2024Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 4/17/2024Reenrolled bill text (HB1062ER2)
  • 4/17/2024Reenrolled
  • 4/17/2024Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 4/17/2024Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 4/17/2024VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 42-N)