SB 234

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 09, 2024
  • Passed Senate Feb 09, 2024
  • House
  • Governor

Parking Lot Solar Development Program; established, report.

Abstract

Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program; report. Establishes the Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in Chesterfield County and Richmond City through grants. The bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to administer such program, to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for solar projects funded through such program, and to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the administration of the program for the preceding fiscal year.

Parking Lot Solar Development Program and Fund; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to establish by January 1, 2025, a Parking Lot Solar Development Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in the Commonwealth. The bill also creates the Parking Lot Solar Development Fund for the purposes of (i) funding solar renewable energy credit values at an updated 10-year levelized incentive level through the renewable energy certificate market using a solar financing model as described in the bill, (ii) implementing and administering the Parking Lot Solar Development Program, and (iii) implementing and administering an alternative auction site that sets a fixed price for solar renewable energy credits not sold in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to engage in a stakeholder consultation to evaluate the current costs of solar installations and incentive levels across market segments and study benefits to grid security and reliability, ratepayers, and environmental goals of the Commonwealth by December 1, 2024, and every five years thereafter. The bill also directs the Commission to consult with agencies and stakeholders to develop an online mapping database of potential parking lot solar sites for development in the Commonwealth by December 1, 2024. Finally, the bill requires the Department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to submit an annual report to the General Assembly regarding the implementation of the Parking Lot Solar Development Program for the preceding fiscal year by November 1, 2025.

Bill Sponsors (2)

Votes


Actions


Feb 26, 2024

House

Continued to 2025 in Appropriations

Feb 16, 2024

House

Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources

Feb 15, 2024

House

Placed on Calendar

House

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

House

Read first time

Feb 09, 2024

Senate

Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)

Senate

Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)

Senate

Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)

Feb 08, 2024

Senate

Committee amendments rejected

Senate

Read second time

Senate

Reading of substitute waived

Senate

Committee substitute agreed to 24107146D-S1

Senate

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB234S1

Feb 07, 2024

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 06, 2024

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Senate

Committee substitute printed 24107146D-S1

Senate

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N)

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Jan 29, 2024

Senate

Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (13-Y 2-N)

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Jan 26, 2024

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB234)

Jan 09, 2024

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101891D

Senate

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101891D PDF HTML
Committee substitute printed 24107146D-S1 PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB234F122.PDF PDF
Amendment: SB234ASR HTML
Amendment: SB234AS HTML

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