VirginiaUnderground transmission lines; qualifying projects.
What it does
Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission to, in reviewing any application submitted by a public utility for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction of an electrical transmission line of 500 kilovolts filed between January 2025 and July 2032, approve up to two applications for qualifying projects to be constructed in whole or in part underground as part of the pilot program for underground transmission lines and to provide an expedited review of any such application. The bill removes certain provisions related to the existing pilot program.
More detail
Under the bill, a project shall be qualified if an engineering analysis demonstrates that it is technically feasible, if the applicant provides an overall cost of the project and its impact on electric service rates, and if the governing body of each locality in which a portion of the proposed line will be placed underground indicates support for the transmission line to be placed underground. The bill permits the Commission to deny an application for a project that otherwise meets the criteria to qualify, provided that the Commission shares its rationale for doing so. Additionally, rather than assigning certain costs to be recovered by Virginia jurisdictional customers, the bill requires that such costs be allocated by the Commission in a manner that is just and reasonable for customers.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 17Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (6-Y 8-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (6-Y 8-N). Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 17Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2755)
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Commerce and LaborMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (49-Y 48-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (49-Y 48-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 31Committee substitute printed 25106431D-H1Major
- Jan 30Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (3-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (3-Y 2-N)Major
- Jan 29Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4Minor
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2755)
- Jan 24Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3Minor
- Jan 17Referred to Committee on Labor and CommerceMinor
- Jan 17Presented and ordered printed 25105325DIntroduced
- Feb 17Failed to report (defeated) in Commerce and Labor (6-Y 8-N)Latest