2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2459: New solar generation facilities; certificate of convenience and necessity, bond required.

Legislative Summary

New solar generation facilities; certificate of convenience and necessity; bond required. Provides that the State Corporation Commission shall only issue a certificate of convenience and necessity for a public utility to construct, enlarge, or acquire a solar generation facility that has a size of over one acre if the public utility has filed with the Commission a bond for performance payable to the Commonwealth. The amount of such bond shall be determined by the Commission depending on the size of the solar generation facility but shall not be less than $10,000.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101997D
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Left in Labor and Commerce
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Labor and Commerce(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/8/20259.5 KB