Solar Energy
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; proprietary records and trade secrets. [SB-1226]
[Energy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; record exclusion for proprietary records and trade secrets; solar energy agreements. Excludes from the mandatory disclosure provisions of FOIA proprietary information, voluntarily provided by a private business under a promise of confidentiality from a public body, used by the public body for a solar services agreement. The bill requires the private business to specify the records for which protection is sought before submitting them to the public body and to state the reasons why protection is necessary. The
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Sponsored by: Sen. John S. Edwards
Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 737 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/24/2017
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Electric utility regulation; solar generation facilities. [SB-813]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Climate Change ]
Electric utility regulation; solar generation facilities. Exempts investor-owned electric utilities from the requirement that in a proceeding for approval to construct a generating facility they demonstrate that they have considered and weighed alternative options, including third-party market alternatives, in their selection process, if the proposed generating facility is located in the Commonwealth, uses energy derived from sunlight, and has been declared by statute to be in the public interest. The measure also directs that (i) any cost incurred
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave W. Marsden
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor (15-y 0-n) on 01/30/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Distributed electric generation; establishment of community solar gardens. [HB-618]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Distributed electric generation; community solar gardens. Authorizes the establishment of community solar gardens, which are required to be owned by a subscriber organization that has at least 10 subscribers. Subscribers will receive credits on their utility bills from energy generated at the solar facility in proportion to the size of their subscription. The output and renewable energy credits from a solar garden shall be purchased by the utility in the form of net metering credits allocated to the subscribers. To the extent that a subscriber's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian E. Watts
Left In Commerce And Labor on 12/01/2016
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Solar thermal system; tax credit. [SB-142]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Climate Change ]
Solar thermal system tax credit. Establishes beginning in 2016 an individual and corporate income tax credit for solar energy space heating, water heating, space cooling, and industrial or commercial process heating systems placed in service. The credit would equal 30 percent of the installed cost of the system and only the ultimate consumer or user of the system would be allowed to claim the credit. The credit would not exceed (i) $500,000 for solar energy systems placed in service for any purpose other than use for a single-family dwelling or
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Sponsored by: Sen. John S. Edwards
Left In Finance on 12/02/2016