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HB 746STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Energy efficiency programs; definitions, incremental annual savings.

Voted 4/17/2024

Summary

Energy efficiency programs; incremental annual savings. Provides that for the 2029 program year and all subsequent years, "in the public interest" for the purpose of assessing energy efficiency programs means that the State Corporation Commission determines that the program is cost-effective. The bill directs the Commission to promulgate regulations no later than September 30, 2025, establishing a single, consistent cost-effectiveness test for use in evaluating proposed energy efficiency programs. The bill requires Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company to track, quantify, and report to the Commission the incremental annual savings, as defined in the bill, achieved by such utility's energy efficiency programs. This bill is identical to SB 565.

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Roll-call record

How representatives voted

404 yea·50 nay·8 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/17/2024Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0818)
  2. 4/17/2024Enacted, Chapter 818 (effective 7/1/24)
  3. 4/17/2024Signed by President as reenrolled
  4. 4/17/2024Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  5. 4/17/2024Reenrolled bill text (HB746ER2)
  6. 4/17/2024Reenrolled
  7. 4/17/2024Governor's recommendation adopted
  8. 4/17/2024Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
  9. 4/17/2024VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 5-N)
  10. 4/17/2024House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 5-N)