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Electric utilities; procurement of certain equipment.

It became law on Mar 24, 2021.

VA SB 1295 · Senate Bill · 2021

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsor
Bill DeSteph
Latest action
Mar 24, 2021

What it does

Electric utilities; procurement. Requires a utility, in the construction of certain onshore wind, solar, and energy storage facilities, to procure, subject to a competitive process, equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced. Additionally, the bill requires a utility, in the construction of certain offshore wind projects, to develop and submit a plan for review to the State Corporation Commission that includes considerations for the procurement of equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Mar 24, 2021

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Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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