Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 346: Net energy metering; solar interconnection, cost recovery.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 346 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Net energy metering; solar interconnection, cost recovery. Primary sponsor: Suhas Subramanyam. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Commerce and Labor.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Net energy metering; solar interconnection; cost recovery. Provides that an electric distribution company shall pay $1 per kilowatt per day for the costs of lost electricity production for any and all delays beyond the regulatory notice period required by State Corporation Commission related to net energy metering. The bill requires that, for the purposes of net energy metering, an eligible customer-generator shall bear all reasonable costs of equipment required at the eligible customer-generator's side of the meter for the interconnection to the supplier's electric distribution system, including reasonable and prudent costs of additional controls, tests, or liability insurance. Additionally, the bill allows for cost recovery by Phase I and Phase II Utilities for electric distribution grid transformation projects that support the interconnection of generating facilities using energy derived from sunlight that are owned or contracted by eligible customer-generators, subject to the Commission finding those costs to be reasonable and prudent in accordance with existing law.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suhas Subramanyam | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Creigh Deeds | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 11 |
| Barbara Favola | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 40 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Commerce and Labor
- Continued to 2025 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Impact statement from SCC (SB346)
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104922D