Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2697: Electrical facilities that generate electricity from wind; requirements for permitting, etc.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 2697 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Electrical facilities that generate electricity from wind; requirements for permitting, etc. Primary sponsor: Marty Martinez (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): Stricken from docket by Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Electrical facilities that generate electricity from wind; requirements for permitting; impact on U.S. military and national security. Requires, for the issuance of a permit by rule by the Department of Environmental Quality for a small renewable energy project that generates electricity solely from wind, that either (i) the U.S. Secretary of Defense has determined that the project does not have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness or pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or (ii) the applicant has agreed to take measures acceptable to the U.S. Department of Defense to sufficiently mitigate any adverse impact on military operations and readiness or unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. The bill also provides that, for the purposes of the State Corporation Commission permitting the construction and operation of electrical generating facilities, an electrical facility that generates electricity from wind is considered contrary to the public interest unless (a) the U.S. Secretary of Defense has determined that the facility does not have an adverse impact on military operations and readiness or pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or (b) the utility has agreed to take measures acceptable to the U.S. Department of Defense to sufficiently mitigate any adverse impact on military operations and readiness or unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Martinez | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 29 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Stricken from docket by Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N)
- Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- Presented and ordered printed 25101276D