VA HB 1512
Status unknownElectric utilities; renewable energy standard eligible sources.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did VA HB 1512 pass?
The current status of VA HB 1512 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Left in Labor and Commerce
What is VA HB 1512 about?
Electric utilities; renewable energy standard eligible sources. Requires that, in order to qualify as renewable energy standard eligible sources under the renewable portfolio standard program, certain waste-to-energy resources, landfill gas-fired resources, and biomass-fired facilities be electric generating sources. Additionally, the bill requires, for waste-to-energy and landfill gas-fired resources to qualify, that such resources not use waste heat from fossil fuel combustion or credit thermal output or use the renewable thermal energy equivalent calculation to produce renewable energy certificates (RECs). Finally, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to revoke and invalidate RECs if the Commission finds them to have been inappropriately or erroneously produced, registered, sold, banked, or retired and requires utilities to procure and retire RECs to cover any amount revoked and invalidated.
Who sponsors VA HB 1512?
John Chilton McAuliff is the primary sponsor of VA HB 1512.
Description
Electric utilities; renewable energy standard eligible sources. Requires that, in order to qualify as renewable energy standard eligible sources under the renewable portfolio standard program, certain waste-to-energy resources, landfill gas-fired resources, and biomass-fired facilities be electric generating sources. Additionally, the bill requires, for waste-to-energy and landfill gas-fired resources to qualify, that such resources not use waste heat from fossil fuel combustion or credit thermal output or use the renewable thermal energy equivalent calculation to produce renewable energy certificates (RECs). Finally, the bill requires the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to revoke and invalidate RECs if the Commission finds them to have been inappropriately or erroneously produced, registered, sold, banked, or retired and requires utilities to procure and retire RECs to cover any amount revoked and invalidated.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-23
- Latest action
- 2026-02-18 — Left in Labor and Commerce
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- John Chilton McAuliffprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2026-01-23
Presented and ordered printed 26105467D
introduction
2026-01-23
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee
2026-02-08
Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1512)
2026-02-18
Left in Labor and Commerce
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Related bills
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