Electric utilities; licensed retail suppliers.
Summary
Provides that customers of an incumbent electric utility that is required to obtain capacity for all load and expected load growth in its service area shall, if they purchase energy from a supplier licensed to sell retail electric energy within the Commonwealth, continue to pay their incumbent electric utility for the non-fuel generation capacity and transmission related costs incurred by the incumbent electric utility in order to meet such customers' capacity obligations. The measure provides that the advance written notice period applicable to such customers shall be three years. The measure does not apply to customers of licensed suppliers that had an agreement with a licensed supplier entered into before February 1, 2019, or had aggregation petitions pending before the State Corporation Commission prior to January 1, 2019, unless and until such a customer has returned to its incumbent electric utility.The measure requires each licensed retail supplier serving customers of Appalachian Power to file annual reports with the Commission and provides that the failure to do so constitutes grounds for suspension or revocation of its license.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Signed Apr 3, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 13, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 3, 2019
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (58-Y 38-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB2477EH1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendments by Delegate Kilgore agreed to
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105704D-H1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104210D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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