VirginiaCaptured coal mine methane; pilot program, renewable energy portfolio standard.
What it does
Pilot program for captured coal mine methane; renewable energy portfolio standard. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish a pilot program for American Electric Power (Phase I Utility) and Dominion Energy (Phase II Utility) to submit proposals to deploy electricity generation from captured coal mine methane. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred under the captured coal mine methane project shall be recovered through utility base rates.
More detail
Additionally, the bill provides that electricity generated using captured coal mine methane with a non-combustion electric generator under the captured coal mine methane project shall be considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesLatest
- Jan 23Continued to 2025 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 20Impact statement from SCC (SB562)
- Jan 10Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 10Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104626DIntroduced