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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 562: Captured coal mine methane; pilot program, renewable energy portfolio standard.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 562 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 10, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Captured coal mine methane; pilot program, renewable energy portfolio standard. Primary sponsor: Travis Hackworth (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Pilot program for captured coal mine methane; renewable energy portfolio standard. Directs the State Corporation Commission to establish a pilot program for American Electric Power (Phase I Utility) and Dominion Energy (Phase II Utility) to submit proposals to deploy electricity generation from captured coal mine methane. Under the bill, reasonable and prudent costs incurred under the captured coal mine methane project shall be recovered through utility base rates. Additionally, the bill provides that electricity generated using captured coal mine methane with a non-combustion electric generator under the captured coal mine methane project shall be considered an eligible resource for purposes of the renewable energy portfolio standard program.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Travis HackworthPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  2. Continued to 2025 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 1-N)
  3. Impact statement from SCC (SB562)
  4. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104626D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source