VirginiaUnderground transmission lines; qualifying projects, pilot program.
What it does
Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects. Increases the maximum capacity of qualifying electrical transmission lines, for purposes of the pilot project for underground transmission lines, from 230 kilovolts to 500 kilovolts. The bill provides that the State Corporation Commission shall approve additional qualifying projects as part of the pilot program that traverse along highways in developed areas where the route of proposed transmission lines and towers traverse areas protected by a scenic easement, view shed easement, areas of registered historic designation, or areas of conservation easements.
More detail
Under the bill, existing requirements for qualifying projects shall continue to apply to such new category of qualifying projects.
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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 Commerce and LaborLatest
- Feb 5Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Impact statement from SCC (SB708)
- Jan 19Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Jan 19Presented and ordered printed 24105004DIntroduced